. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 30.

Published in final edited form as: Int Urogynecol J. 2016 Feb 12;27(8):1255–1263. doi: 10.1007/s00192-016-2963-2

Table 2.

Cross-sectional area measurements and uniaxial mechanical properties of longitudinal vaginal specimens for the ewe

Variable	Nulliparous (n = 7)	Parous (n = 8)	p value
Cross-sectional area (mm²)^a^, ^b	3.39 ± 1.14	4.76 ± 2.39	0.190^*
Tangent modulus (MPa)^a^, ^b	34.3 ± 13.0	16.9 ± 5.4	0.021^**
Tensile strength (MPa)^a^, ^b	4.4 ± 1.7	2.8 ± 0.6	0.021^*
Ultimate strain (%)^a^, ^b	22.2 ± 2.8	31.5 ± 8.5	0.015^**
Strain–energy density (MPa)^a^, ^b	0.4 ± 0.2	0.4 ± 0.1	0.660^*

p value obtained using Independent samples t test

^**

p value obtained using Mann–Whitney U test

Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation

Normally distributed data