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. 2014 Nov 3;9(11):e110948. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110948

Table 1. The parameters and upper (UCI) and lower (LCI) 95% confidence intervals that were fitted to the stress and fibril relaxation at comparable fibril elongations.

Stress relaxation Fibril relaxation
Control group 6 h MGO Control group 6 h MGO
Fitted parameters Δ???R,1 [Mpa] 2.4 0.68 ΔεR,1 [%] 0.16 0.032
LCI 2.3 0.65 LCI 0.15 0.027
UCI 2.5 0.71 UCI 0.17 0.040
τ???,1 [s] 60 64 τε,1 [s] 75 68
LCI 49.0 53 LCI 61 33
UCI 71 76 UCI 90 99
Δ???R,2 [Mpa] 1.1 0.37 ΔεR,2 [%] 0.06 0.019
LCI 1.0 0.33 LCI 0.05 0.014
UCI 1.2 0.41 UCI 0.07 0.024
τ???,2 [s] 2.8 2.9 τε,2 [s] 4.1 3.8
LCI 2.0 2.3 LCI 3.1 1.5
UCI 3.5 3.6 UCI 5.2 5.1
Δ???R,∞ [Mpa] 8.8 19.6 ΔεR,∞ [s] 0.77 0.95
LCI 8.7 19.7 LCI 0.76 0.94
UCI 8.9 19.6 UCI 0.78 0.96
R2 0.99 0.99 R2 0.99 0.99