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Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2018 Dec 8;83:273–279. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.12.004

Table 2.

Comparison of compositional traits between CEP subgroups.

	376 Da		4,000 Da		ANOVA p-value
	Static (n = 13)	Dynamic (n = 13)	Static (n = 10)	Dynamic (n = 10)	ANOVA p-value
Porosity	0.652 ± 0.081	0.660 ± 0.061	0.638 ± 0.061	0.638 ± 0.076	0.847
Hydration (mg water / mg dry wt)	1.605 ± 0.441	1.666 ± 0.404	1.585 ± 0.370	1.599 ± 0.437	0.965
s-GAG (μg / mg dry wt)	104.0 ± 17.75	100.9 ± 22.30	103.6 ± 45.11	103.6 ± 42.01	0.995
Collagen (μg / mg dry wt)	692.6 ± 156.3	701.8 ± 167.2	659.9 ± 174.4	665.0 ± 208.3	0.930
Thickness (mm)	0.800 ± 0.414^*	0.821 ± 0.401^*	0.499 ± 0.130	0.503 ± 0.186	0.023

^*

p < 0.05 for 376 Da vs. 4,000 Da by post-hoc test.