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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2012 Nov 22;41(3):562–576. doi: 10.1007/s10439-012-0691-4

Table 2.

Unruptured (U) vs. Ruptured (R) comparative analysis. Sample sizes: 100 uAAA (U) and 93 rAAA (R). Null hypothesis: “there is no difference in the curvature index between unruptured and ruptured AAA subgroups”.

Parameter p-value (Normality Test) p-value (T-test or Wilcoxon) Null Hypothesis
KG R: < 0.0001
U: <0.0001		 0.0034 (Wilcoxon) Rejected
KM R: < 0.0001
U: <0.0001		 < 0.0001 (Wilcoxon) Rejected
GAA R: < 0.0001
U: 0.0667		 0.0965 (Wilcoxon) Accepted
MAA R: 0.0002
U: <0.0001		 < 0.0001 (Wilcoxon) Rejected
K1AA R: < 0.0001
U: <0.0001		 0.0165 (Wilcoxon) Rejected
K2AA R: < 0.0001
U: <0.0001		 < 0.0001 (Wilcoxon) Rejected
GLN R: < 0.0001
U: <0.0001		 < 0.0001 (Wilcoxon) Rejected
MLN R: < 0.0001
U: <0.0001		 < 0.0001 (Wilcoxon) Rejected
K1LN R: < 0.0001
U: <0.0001		 < 0.0001 (Wilcoxon) Rejected
K2LN R: < 0.0001
U: <0.0001		 < 0.0001 (Wilcoxon) Rejected
Dmax R: 0.4068
U: 0.0580		 < 0.0001 (T-test) Rejected