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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2019 Dec 23;103:172–188. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.12.024

Table 6:

Parameters for the four-fiber family constitutive model describing the response of the most compliant human TA in each of the 7 age groups along with risk factors in these subjects. Coefficient of determination R2 ≥ 0.99 for all samples.

Four-fiber family model
Risk Factors Cgr, kPa C11=C12,kPa C21=C22 C13,kPa C23 C14,kPa C24 γ°
16y.o./ M/ BMI:25.2/ CAD 9.67 13.13 0.25 14.83 0.00 11.71 0.01 42.34
24y.o./ M/ BMI:25.1/ 5pky 9.28 23.79 0.24 29.52 0.01 2.87 0.00 32.91
32y.o./ M/ BMI:30/ 12pky 11.10 2.42 2.72 9.84 0.33 3.65 1.19 43.15
43y.o./ M/ BMI:21.9 11.68 16.72 0.75 18.80 0.00 17.01 0.12 41.98
51y.o./ M/ BMI:26.9/ HTN/ Dys/ 52pky 5.78 9.46 2.50 21.78 0.29 0.79 10.78 37.50
61y.o./ M/ BMI:39.1 5.84 14.85 1.37 23.46 0.00 11.92 2.81 40.63
73y.o./ F/ BMI:34.2/ HTN/86pky 6.54 14.42 6.79 23.88 0.00 3.11 8.38 36.61

y.o.: years old, M: male, F: female, BMI: body mass index, HTN: hypertension, DM: diabetes mellitus, CAD: coronary artery disease, Dys: Dyslipidemia, pky: pack-year history of cigarette smoking.