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[Preprint]. 2023 Dec 20:2023.08.07.551726. Originally published 2023 Aug 8. [Version 3] doi: 10.1101/2023.08.07.551726

Table 2. Summary of Material Properties of Human Uterine Layers.

Mean ± std. dev calculated for each tissue layer across all samples for a given patient group.

Patient
Group
Tissue
Layer
Stiffness, E
(kPa)
Viscoelastic
Ratio (EE0)
Permeability, k
(1E-16 m2)
Diffusivity, D
(1E-10 m2s−1)
NP Endometrium 0.143 ± 0.04 0.430 ± 0.02 1.60 ± 0.69 0.64 ± 0.71
Myometrium 0.738 ± 0.45 0.508 ± 0.03 4.65 ± 1.73 9.00 ± 5.42
Perimetrium 0.365 ± 0.17 0.506 ± 0.05 5.18 ± 3.26 7.94 ± 6.03
PG-CS Decidua 0.352 ± 0.07 0.485 ± 0.03 11.43 ± 16.62 12.05 ± 17.08
Myometrium 0.809 ± 0.27 0.522 ± 0.03 3.91 ± 2.11 9.18 ± 7.10
Perimetrium 0.701 ± 0.56 0.512 ± 0.03 2.71 ± 1.47 4.42 ± 2.97
PG-A Decidua 0.497 ± 0.36 0.527 ± 0.04 18.56 ± 22.78 49.55 ± 69.14
Myometrium 1.048 ± 0.84 0.523 ± 0.06 4.27 ± 2.29 8.67 ± 3.54
Perimetrium 1.527 ± 1.44 0.526 ± 0.02 17.66 ± 22.94 33.26 ± 28.28