Table 3 Summary of the total area of the nutrient foramina for given size of nutrient foramina at each site

D > 2 mm

24

4.47 ± 1.69

(3.2 , 9.75)

5

4.04 ± 0.86

(3.3 , 5.51)

1

5.51

-

2

4.07 ± 0.43

(3.76 , 4.37)

1.5 mm ≤ D ≤ 2 mm

54

3.73 ± 1.98

(1.77 , 10.11)

19

2.34 ± 0.35

(1.84 , 3.08)

15

2.3 ± 0.58

(1.77 , 3.85)

1

1.77

-

1 mm ≤ D < 1.5 mm

97

5.09 ± 3.1

(0.82 , 15.2)

66

1.73 ± 0.94

(0.8 , 5.88)

64

2.13 ± 1.26

(0.8 , 5.49)

17

1.24 ± 0.42

(0.83 , 2.17)

0.5 mm ≤ D < 1.0 mm

100

7.07 ± 2.61

(1.81 , 18.22)

98

1.8 ± 1.06

(0.2 , 5.83)

100

2.4 ± 1.29

(0.31 , 7.02)

47

1.14 ± 0.91

(0.28 , 5.09)

D < 0.5 mm

92

0.54 ± 0.37

(0.07 , 2.01)

46

0.19 ± 0.14

(0.07 , 0.87)

58

0.28 ± 0.19

(0.07 , 1.04)

16

0.24 ± 0.16

(0.08 , 0.69)