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Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2009 Jan;2(1):93–104. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.05.005

Table 3.

Summary of the results of statistical tests conducted on the peak stresses at different stretch levels and characteristic time constants (comparisons between the vocal fold cover and the vocal ligament)

Gender	Parameter	Cover			Ligament			Paired tests?	p-value
Gender	Parameter	mean	SD	n	mean	SD	n	Paired tests?	p-value
Male	σ(λ_u = 1.2) [KPa]	8.32	4.12	5	10.78	7.14	5	Yes	0.09
	σ(λ_u = 1.4) [kPa]	60.92	32.85		217.7	266.5			0.03
	τ_B (ms)	122.9	72.3		76.6	49.9			0.31
	τ_C (s)	248.2	190.2		266.8	148.3			0.5
Female	σ(λ_u = 1.2) [kPa]	3.97	2.27	5	3.90	5.27	5	Yes	0.31
	σ(λ_u = 1.4) [kPa]	34.92	17.56		26.32	30.80			0.22
	τ_B (ms)	35.4	25.8		37.9	50.2			0.5
	τ_C (s)	1452	1116		2859	2416			0.16