Table 7.

Comparison of the mechanical outcomes, averaged over all quadrants, between the control and enzyme-treated groups, in the circumferential and meridional directions. Unpaired Student's t-tests were used for statistical analysis.

	Circumferential			Meridional
	Control	Enzyme-treated	p-value	Control	Enzyme-treated	p-value
Low-pressure stiffness [kPa]	496.3 ± 251.6	187.2 ± 102.4	<0.0001	953.0 ± 724.8	364.7 ± 590.2	<0.005
High-pressure stiffness [kPa]	6747.3 ± 2045.9	4673.5 ± 1677.6	<0.0005	5595.2 ± 2604.4	4477.1 ± 2131.0	0.12
Transition strain [mm/mm]	0.028 ± 0.012	0.048 ±0.017	<0.0001	0.022 ± 0.016	0.046 ± 0.026	<0.001
Hysteresis [kPa]	0.18 ± 0.06	0.20 ± 0.06	0.31	0.18 ± 0.07	0.20 ± 0.08	0.47
Initial creep rate (first 80 s) [s−1 ]	0.033 ± 0.020	0.037 ±0.019	0.47	0.033 ± 0.057	0.030 ± 0.028	0.86
Final creep rate (after 80 s) [s−1 ]	0.062 ± 0.047	0.096 ±0.077	0.09	0.041 ± 0.058	0.11 ± 0.11	<0.05