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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2015 Apr 3;48(10):2210–2213. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.03.029

Table 1.

Disc Dimensions Measured for the Estimation of Nucleus Pulposus Volume

n=5 per group Prg4 +/+ (±stdev) Prg4 −/− (±stdev) p-value
Nucleus Pulposus Major Transverse Axis (mm) 1.10(±0.24) 1.53(±0.22) *p=0.0272
Nucleus Pulposus Minor Transverse Axis (mm) 0.57(±0.08) 0.67(±0.04) *p=0.0105
Disc Major Transverse Axis (mm) 2.12(±0.14) 1.91(±0.18) *p=0.0025
Disc Minor Transverse Axis (mm) 1.30(±0.08) 1.10(±0.08) *p=0.0450
Ratio Nucleus to Total Transverse Disc Area 0.23(±0.08) 0.49(±0.02) *p<0.0001