Table 3.

Linear elastic moduli (E^*) as well as collapse strain ${\epsilon }_{\text{el}}^{*}$ and stress ${\sigma }_{\text{el}}^{*}$ of CG, 80 wt% CGCaP, and 80 wt% CG–CGCaP I scaffolds. Results reported as a function of final freezing temperature with mean ±STD,n = 6.

		E* (kPa)		${\epsilon }_{\text{el}}^{*}$		${\sigma }_{\text{el}}^{*}$ (kPa)
		Tf−10 °C	Tf−40 °C	Tf−10 °C	Tf−40 °C	Tf−10 °C	Tf−40 °C
Si	CG	8.8±1.1	8.1±0.4	0.09±0.06	0.14±0.04*	0.7±0.4	0.9±0.3
	CGCaP	159.0± 18.3**	123.4± 11.3**§	0.09± 0.05	0.07± 0.03	11.2± 2.5**	7.5± 2.0**§
Multi		22.5±1.1*	18.9±3.2	0.11±0.04	0.13±0.02*	2.1±0.8	2.1±0.2

^*Statistical comparison of p < 0.05 between multi-compartment CG-CGCaP and CG scaffold variants.

^**Statistical comparison of p < 0.05 between mineralized CGCaP and CG scaffold variants.

^§Statistical comparison of p < 0.05 between solidification temperatures for a given variant.