Table 1.

Multiple Regression Results Relating Biochemical Constituents (Normalized to Wet Weight) to the Mechanical Properties of Chondrocytes-Seeded Alginate Scaffolds (n = 6) at Days 10, 20, 30, and 40

	GAG	p	H2O	p	Intercept	p	R2of regression	p
ln(Eeq)	—	—	−50.7 ± 8.0	<0.0001	50.5 ± 7.7	<0.0001	0.52	<0.0001
ln(Geq)	83.5 ± 30.9	0.0104	−62.9 ± 22.7	0.0088	22.0 ± 1.4	0.0089	0.74	<0.0001
ln(|G*|)	171.9 ± 26.9	0.0002	−85.0 ± 19.8	<0.0001	82.7 ± 19.2	<0.0001	0.87	<0.0001
δ	377.9 ± 31.9	<0.0001	—	—	1.19 ± 0.30	0.0003	0.79	<0.0001
ln(G0)	231.8 ± 24.5	<0.0001	—	—	2.80 ± 0.23	<0.0001	0.71	<0.0001
c	11.0 ± 2.0	<0.0001	—	—	0.09 ± 0.02	<0.0001	0.46	<0.0001