. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 5.

Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2020 Feb 8;106:225–241. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.01.049

Table 3:

Comparison of the average E_rr and E_θθ for inflation from 5-45 mmHg, the sum of the pressure increments 5-10 and 10-45 mmHg, in the full LC and inner PPS. The E_rr was greater than E_θθ in the LC (p = 0.05, n = 13), with the exception of the 2 LC with largest area. The E_rr was significantly smaller than E_θθ in the PPS (p = 0.002, n = 13), and could be compressive.

Region	Strain Outcomes 5-45 mmHg	Estimated Mean Strain (95% CI)	p-value
Full LC (n = 13)	E_rr	0.0188 (0.0156, 0.0220)	0.05
Full LC (n = 13)	E_θθ	0.0149 (0.0117, 0.0181)
Inner PPS (n = 13)	E_rr	0.0032 (−0.0044, 0.0108)	0.002
Inner PPS (n = 13)	E_θθ	0.0148 (0.0073, 0.0224)