Table 6.

Gene expression of collagen type II.

Treatment Group	Time Point (Ratio to Control ± Standard Deviation)
	2 Weeks	4 Weeks	8 Weeks	12 Weeks	24 Weeks
Saline only		0.91 ± 0.20			0.59 ± 0.10
Saline + 5 mg/mL simvastatin	4.10 ± 0.70	1.62 ± 0.34	2.38 ± 1.21
Saline + 10 mg/mL simvastatin	0.77 ± 0.14	3.18 ± 0.45	3.87 ± 0.86
Saline + 15 mg/mL simvastatin		7.43 ± 1.23	0.74 ± 0.15	1.19 ± 0.24	1.78 ± 0.21
Hydrogel only	0.64 ± 0.42		1.67 ± 0.37
Hydrogel + 5 mg/mL simvastatin	3.17 ± 0.59	0.48 ± 0.13	2.25 ± 0.32		0.94 ± 0.44
Hydrogel + 15 mg/mL simvastatin		2.55 ± 0.83	1.59 ± 0.20	11.63 ± 1.55	2.22 ± 0.49