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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2016 May 10;49(9):1909–1917. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.04.039

Table 3.

Pairwise comparisons between higher (ρ2) and lower (ρ1) cell density constructs for each donor, with values averaged across all time points and associated p-values. NS = not significant, N/A = not enough samples for statistical comparison.

EY (kPa) G* (kPa) GAG
(%/ww)		 COL
(%/ww)
Donor 2 ρ1: 42 ρ1: 212 ρ1: 1.30 ρ1: 0.38
ρ2: 93 ρ2: 433 ρ2: 2.32 ρ2: 0.61
p < 0.001 p < 0.0005 p < 0.05 p < 0.001
Donor 3 ρ1: 58 ρ1: 146 ρ1: 0.42 ρ1: 0.18
ρ2: 78 ρ2: 453 ρ2: 3.63 ρ2: 0.71
NS p < 0.05 p < 0.005 N/A
Donor 4 ρ1: 27 ρ1: 168 ρ1: 1.08 ρ1: 0.97
ρ2: 212 ρ2: 820 ρ2: 4.39 ρ2: 1.00
p < 0.0005 p < 0.0005 p < 0.0005 NS
Donor 5 ρ1: 21 ρ1: 97 ρ1: 0.55 ρ1: 0.50
ρ2: 74 ρ2: 482 ρ2: 2.38 ρ2: 1.24
p < 0.0005 p < 0.0005 p < 0.0005 p < 0.0005