. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Cell Biochem. 2015 Oct 6;117(4):959–969. doi: 10.1002/jcb.25380

Table 3.

Biomechanical and biomaterial properties, 20-week old c-Mpl−/− and WT mice

	Biomechanical and Biomaterial properties

Mice	n	Polar MOI (mm⁴)	Modulus (MPa)	Load at Peak (N)	Stiffness (N/mm)	Ultimate Failure (MPa)
C57BL/6 (WT)	37	0.36 ± 0.01	42797 ± 1673	23.0 ± 0.4	123 ± 4	249 ± 6
c-Mpl−/−	26	0.40 ± 0.02	35095 ± 2766^*	19.4 ± 0.4^*	107 ± 6^*	198 ± 6^*

Polar MOI, polar moment of inertia.

Results are presented as mean ± SEM;

Indicates significant difference compared with gender matched WT (p<0.05);