Table 2.

Calculated p-values from two-way analysis of variance accounting for differences between testing protocol and aortic region

			Relaxed configuration				Potassium chloride			Phenylephrine
			λθ	λz	σθ	σz	$|\Delta {\sigma }_{\theta }|$	$|\Delta {\sigma }_z|$	[EC50]	$|\Delta {\sigma }_{\theta }|$	$|\Delta {\sigma }_z|$	[EC50]
Method comparisons
DTA uniax isom	Versus	DTA biax isom	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	—	0.0000	—	0.0000	0.0000	—	0.0031
DTA uniax isom	Versus	DTA biax isom-isob	0.0001	0.0000	0.0000	—	0.0000	—	0.0030	0.0000	—	0.8796
DTA biax isom	Versus	DTA biax isom-isob	0.8808	1.0000	0.4597	0.9028	0.0009	0.0000	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	0.0438
IAA uniax isom	Versus	IAA biax isom	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	—	0.0025	—	0.0000	0.0105	—	0.0095
IAA uniax isom	Versus	IAA biax isom-isob	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	—	0.0000	—	0.0002	0.0000	—	0.9977
IAA biax isom	Versus	IAA biax isom-isob	0.5414	0.6279	0.8963	0.2179	0.0000	0.0000	0.1835	0.0000	0.0000	0.0506
Regional comparisons
DTA uniax isom	Versus	IAA uniax isom	0.0442	0.5302	0.9572	—	1.0000	—	1.0000	0.0121	—	0.0030
DTA biax isom	Versus	IAA biax isom	0.9618	0.0000	0.4405	0.7120	0.0108	0.2158	0.7229	0.9862	0.3480	0.0063
DTA biax isom-isob	Versus	IAA biax isom-isob	0.5756	0.0000	0.7700	0.3425	1.0000	0.0803	0.7370	0.0001	0.6992	0.0018

Numbers in bold denote statistical significance defined as p < 0.05. Metrics for the relaxed configuration were taken from data prior to KCl stimulation, noting that comparisons for data prior to PE stimulation yielded similar results.