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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2013 Dec 1;14(6):1017–1028. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.11.034

Table 8.

Differentiation indices for collagen type II/collagen type I.

Treatment Group Time Point
2 Weeks 4 Weeks 12 Weeks 24 Weeks
Saline only 1.11 0.15
Saline + 5 mg/mL simvastatin 3.23 0.01
Saline + 10 mg/mL simvastatin 0.19 0.06
Saline + 15 mg/mL simvastatin 0.10 0.04 0.48
Hydrogel + 5 mg/mL simvastatin 0.38 5.70
Hydrogel + 15 mg/mL simvastatin 2.28 1.03 1.20

Values > 1 shown in bold text.