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. 2017 Jun;3(2):184–192. doi: 10.21037/jss.2017.06.07

Table 2. Post hoc comparisons for relevant groups (P values shown).

Effect Groups compared Max force Stiffness Energy
Toggling in high density w/o cortex hd/nc/nt-hd/nc/wt 0.023* 0.051 0.172
Cortex on pullout in high density w/o toggle hd/nc/nt-hd/wc/nt <0.001* 0.124 <0.001*
Toggling in high density w/cortex hdwcnt-hd/wc/wt 0.154 0.850 0.181
Cortex on pullout in high density with toggle hd/nc/wt-hd/wc/wt <0.001* 0.005* <0.001*
Toggling in low density w/o cortex ld/nc/nt-ld/nc/wt 0.013* 0.648 <0.001*
Cortex on pullout in low density w/o toggle ld/nc/nt-ld/wc/nt <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
Toggling in low density w/cortex ld/wc/nt-ld/wc/wt 0.462 0.634 0.218
Cortex on pullout in low density with toggle ld/nc/wt-ld/wc/wt <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
Density on pullout w/o cortex w/o toggle hd/nc/nt-ld/nc/nt <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
Density on pullout w/o cortex w toggle hd/nc/wt-ld/nc/wt <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
Density on pullout w cortex w/o toggle hd/wc/nt-ld/wc/nt <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*
Density on pullout w cortex w toggle hd/wc/wt-ld/wc/wt <0.001* <0.001* <0.001*

*, significant factors noted in bold (P<0.05). hd, high density cancellous foam; ld, low density cancellous foam; wc, with cortex present; nc, no cortex (hubbed); nt, non-toggled samples; wt, samples that were toggled.