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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 7:

Parameters for the four-fiber family constitutive model describing the response of the stiffest 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°
14y.o./ M/ BMI:22.1 28.08 21.23 0.35 36.71 0.00 7.17 0.00 37.07
23y.o./ M/ BMI:24.6/ 4pky 42.65 5.18 4.28 32.42 0.00 0.75 7.29 37.06
39y.o./ F/ BMI:40.2/ DM/ CAD/ 20pky 26.33 11.35 3.74 21.51 0.43 0.03 18.31 26.74
44y.o./ M/ BMI:33.2/ HTN 37.70 5.55 5.75 14.95 0.73 8.00 5.28 37.35
51y.o./ M/ BMI:29.1/ DM/ CAD/ 30pky 49.69 2.32 29.27 8.42 6.15 7.51 17.44 38.64
62y.o. / M/ BMI:47.3/ HTN/ DM/ Dys/ CAD 38.71 3.89 40.69 29.69 0.00 5.56 29.18 41.53
72y.o./ F/ BMI:20.5 29.13 21.52 75.85 39.08 20.29 45.98 40.29 43.27

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.