Table 1.

Structural and material properties of control and db/db mice (mean ± SD).

	Length (mm)	Diameter (mm)	Maximum Load (N)	Stiffness (N/mm)	Tensile stress (MPa)	Tensile strain (mm/mm)	Elastic modulus (MPa)
Control	4.4±0.9	1.2±0.1	8.1±0.6	3.9±0.7	7.8±1.4	0.6±0.1	16.0±3.7
db/db	4.4±1.0	1.4±0.1	6.6±1.0	2.6±0.4	4.6±1.0	0.7±0.2	8.0±1.1
p value	N/A	0.001	0.010	0.004	0.001	0.144	0.001
Power	N/A	0.986	0.838	0.925	0.989	0.274	0.995