Table 2.

The shear-wave elastography (SWE) stiffness in kPa (mean ± SD) (n = 64).

	Lying		Standing
Level	Male (n = 32)	Female (n = 32)	Male (n = 32)	Female (n = 32)	p-Value	Partial Eta Squared, ηp2
T3	21.8 ± 8.3 *†	17.8 ± 6.8 *†	45.5 ± 20.0 *†	33.7 ± 17.4 *†	Main effect:
					Gender: 0.030	0.074
T7	23.8 ± 5.3 †	23.1 ± 5.2 †	47.0 ± 16.2 *†	37.9 ± 13.6 *†	Posture: <0.001	0.772
					Level: 0.120	0.029
T11	22.5 ± 8.4 †	23.3 ± 7.1 †	43.7 ± 14.7 †	44.5 ± 15.1 †	Interaction effect:
					Gender * level: 0.080	0.033
L1	21.1 ± 6.0 †	24.3 ± 7.9 †	45.2 ± 21.6 †	38.3 ± 18.8 †	Gender * posture: 0.016	0.090
					Posture * level: 0.171	0.025
L4	24.1 ± 9.3 †	23.3 ± 7.5 †	42.0 ± 18.9 †	35.2 ± 13.7 †	Gender * level * posture: 0.360	0.017

* Indicates a significant gender difference at certain levels and posture. † Indicates a significant posture difference at certain levels of each gender.