Table 2.

Elastic modulus and hardness of high weight bearing (HWB) and low weight bearing (LWB) articular cartilage.

	HWB Cartilage			LWB Cartilage
Variable	Mean ± SD	Median	Min–Max	Mean ± SD	Median	Min–Max	p-Value
Elastic modulus (MPa)	4.46 ± 4.44	2.90	1.10–24.35	9.81 ± 8.88	7.40	1.10–51.00	<0.001 *
Hardness (MPa)	0.317 ± 0.397	0.190	0.040–2.640	0.455 ± 0.434	0.320	0.060–2.200	<0.001 *

* Wilcoxon signed-rank test.