Table 1.

The average meniscal wet weight (g) and volume (ml) in human, sheep and pig

	Mean ± Standard Error of the Mean (SEM)
	Lateral meniscus		Medial meniscus
	Weight (g)	Volume (ml)	Weight (g)	Volume (ml)
Human (n = 6)	4.95 (±0.44)	5 (±0.53)	4.43 (±0.46)	4.5 (±0.58)
Sheep (n = 6)	2.5 (±0.19)**	2.33 (±0.17)**	2.21 (±0.22)*	2.22 (±0.22)*
Pig (n = 22)	6.44 (±0.26)*	6.52 (±0.27)*	5.02 (±0.17)	5.09 (±0.18)

Human values are in bold. Statistically significant differences to the human menisci are indicated with asterisks, where (*) indicates significance levels with p-values < 0.05 and (**) indicates values that had a significance level with p-values < 0.001. Pig menisci had the largest values while the human menisci were larger than the sheep and smaller than the pig menisci