Table 2.
Key collagen fibre-ensemble results for the native and matched GLUT EXL specimens, both reference to β1.
| ID | 12 | 21 | 41 | 61 | 68 | mean | s.e.m. | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial tangent modulus (kPa) | ||||||||
| native | 73.9 | 65.6 | 25.5 | 110.63 | 107.3 | 76.6 | 17.4 | |
| GLUT | 1059.3 | 248.4 | 152.4 | 746.0 | 272.1 | 495.6 | 195.2 | 0.037 |
| MTM (kPa) | ||||||||
| native | 54 208.09 | 49 014.0 | 53 091.2 | 72 459.7 | 77 121.2 | 61 179.0 | 6341.28 | |
| GLUT | 67 771.3 | 28 614.8 | 58 025.2 | 62 319.2 | 70 717.5 | 57 489.6 | 8433.78 | 0.566726 |
| upper bound stress (kPa) | ||||||||
| native | 1164.05 | 885.392 | 956.206 | 1048.43 | 1289.37 | 1068.69 | 80.7988 | |
| GLUT | 1081.74 | 925.842 | 1204.19 | 1138.22 | 1353.78 | 1140.75 | 78.6925 | 0.245422 |