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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2010 Mar 1;43(7):1322–1329. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.01.018

Table 1. Multiple linear regression analysis of biomechanical parameters and thickness of the layers.

Biomechanical parameters Multiple linear regression equation intestinal layers t value P value
Opening angle Opening angle = 336.079 - (0.143 * Mucosa) + (0.485 * Submucosa) - (0.534 * Muscle) Mucosa -1.808 0.091
Submucosa 0.598 0.559
Muscle -4.382 <0.001
Inner residual strain Inner residual strain = -0.470 + (0.0000428 * Mucosa) + (0.000270 * Submucosa) + (0.000778 * Muscle) Mucosa 0.362 0.722
Submucosa 0.223 0.827
Muscle 4.274 <0.001
Outer residual strain Outer residual strain = 0.688 - (0.000260 * Mucosa) - (0.000411 * Submucosa) - (0.000851 * Muscle) Mucosa -1.016 0.326
Submucosa -0.156 0.878
Muscle -2.157 0.048