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Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2010 Dec 23;7(4):1710–1718. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.12.015

Table 2.

Phase II construct characteristics after 4 wks in culture Letters denote significance within each cell ratio, with a > b > c. Groups denoted by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05)

Cell ratio (%FC:AC)	GF treatment	Wet weight (mg)	Diameter (mm)	Thickness (mm)	Cells/construct (10⁶)
75:25	Continuous	12.2 ± 0.4^c	3.98 ± 0.08^b	1.44 ± 0.11^b	5.2 ± 0.5^a
	Intermittent	14.6 ± 1.0^b	4.21 ± 0.05^b	1.54 ± 0.08^ab	5.0 ± 0.3^a
	None	18.8 ± 1.3^a	4.78 ± 0.23^a	1.70 ± 0.15^a	4.0 ± 0.4^b

50:50	Continuous	13.1 ± 0.5^b	4.28 ± 0.07^b	1.46 ± 0.06^b	5.8 ± 0.5^a
	Intermittent	14.2 ± 0.5^b	4.42 ± 0.01^b	1.56 ± 0.06^b	5.6 ± 0.5^ab
	None	19.1 ± 1.1^a	4.94 ± 0.14^a	1.70 ± 0.05^a	5.0 ± 0.3^b