Table 2.
Repeated measurements at weekly time points.
Time point (week) | Control/no stretch N = 12 | Control/stretch N = 12 | sclGvHD/no stretch N = 12 | sclGvHD/stretch N = 12 | p-Value (ANOVA) | |
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Thickness Zone 1 (μm) | 1 | 489.14 ± 13.97a | 488.06 ± 17.77a | 472.77 ± 16.30ab | 462.60 ± 11.35b | 0.040 |
2 | 486.50 ± 9.82a | 485.15 ± 14.84a | 606.08 ± 14.22b | 599.06 ± 15.76b | <0.001 | |
3 | 491.67 ± 9.27a | 479.52 ± 16.30a | 554.85 ± 16.26b | 503.19 ± 13.50a | <0.001 | |
4 | 473.29 ± 17.92 | 476.96 ± 18.47a | 463.04 ± 13.93ab | 448.40 ± 16.94b | 0.037 | |
Thickness Zone 2 (μm) | 1 | 327.29 ± 11.39a | 345.52 ± 16.10a | 327.54 ± 16.64a | 320.46 ± 9.75a | 0.060 |
2 | 319.10 ± 9.27a | 320.38 ± 12.27a | 410.23 ± 11.06b | 410.75 ± 16.69b | <0.001 | |
3 | 319.25 ± 12.75a | 324.75 ± 14.43a | 395.77 ± 15.91b | 355.75 ± 13.05a | <0.001 | |
4 | 312.06 ± 17.48a | 326.40 ± 17.42a | 313.35 ± 12.91a | 309.46 ± 15.46a | 0.120 | |
Thickness Zone 3 (μm) | 1 | 161.17 ± 6.37a | 142.54 ± 5.50b | 145.23 ± 2.71b | 142.15 ± 4.79b | 0.040 |
2 | 167.40 ± 4.46a | 164.77 ± 4.20a | 195.85 ± 8.38b | 188.31 ± 6.27b | <0.001 | |
3 | 172.42 ± 7.61a | 154.77 ± 3.60b | 159.08 ± 4.98ab | 147.44 ± 4.44b | 0.011 | |
4 | 161.23 ± 3.70a | 150.56 ± 3.78ab | 149.69 ± 5.77ab | 138.94 ± 5.50b | 0.037 | |
Cumulative displacement (μm) | 1 | 429.98 ± 44.92a | 432.64 ± 28.59a | 381.75 ± 34.95a | 364.27 ± 42.33a | 0.238 |
2 | 422.20 ± 52.54a | 464.33 ± 29.66a | 416.84 ± 37.61a | 455.58 ± 49.48a | 0.629 | |
3 | 456.93 ± 35.99a | 444.10 ± 33.98a | 344.88 ± 31.90b | 430.00 ± 30.34a | 0.037 | |
4 | 457.39 ± 33.13ab | 473.83 ± 23.88a | 331.28 ± 38.32c | 388.45 ± 22.28bc | 0.003 | |
Clinical score | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0.88 ± 0.09b | 0.88 ± 0.12b | 0.961 |
2 | N/A | N/A | 0.04 ± 0.04b | 0.13 ± 0.09b | 0.864 | |
3 | N/A | N/A | 1.26 ± 0.32b | 1.50 ± 0.36b | 0.524 | |
4 | N/A | N/A | 2.22 ± 0.30b | 1.94 ± 0.34b | 0.378 | |
Weight (g) | 1 | 26.40 ± 0.55a | 26.10 ± 0.86a | 20.30 ± 0.58b | 20.17 ± 0.40b | <0.001 |
2 | 26.90 ± 0.58a | 26.46 ± 0.73a | 24.13 ± 0.44b | 24.26 ± 0.38b | 0.001 | |
3 | 27.06 ± 0.48a | 26.22 ± 0.63a | 22.83 ± 0.57b | 23.30 ± 0.45b | <0.001 | |
4 | 27.13 ± 0.51a | 26.53 ± 0.70a | 21.53 ± 0.59b | 22.41 ± 0.48b | <0.001 |
Results are expressed as mean ± SE. Means for experimental conditions within each time point.
Not sharing a common letter are significantly different (p < 0.05, Fisher’s protected LSD).