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Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2012 Jan 10;40(7):1434–1442. doi: 10.1007/s10439-011-0506-z

Table 2.

Average values of E and G_∞ for fresh and different frozen samples and their standard error and p values of paired two-tail t-tests for comparing the frozen samples with respect to the corresponding fresh control samples.

Storage Temperature (°C)	E(kPa)				G_∞
Storage Temperature (°C)	Fresh	48 hours	1 Week	3 Weeks	Fresh	48 hours	1 Week	3 Weeks
–20	64.6±4.8	66.2±3.6 (0.23)	66.5±6.3 (0.74)	77.11±7.1 (0.01)*	0.347±0.017	0.359±0.014 (0.52)	0.354±0.010 (0.70)	0.380±0.010 (0.16)

–80	69.32±3.4	69.12±5.1 (0.97)	74.3±9.2 (0.72)	75.7±5.0 (0.11)	0.358±0.012	0.343±0.012 (0.28)	0.385±0.010 (0.06)	0.370±0.011 (0.78)