. 2021 Dec 23;14(1):38. doi: 10.3390/polym14010038

Table 2.

Force degradation measurements of the samples measured at 24 h timepoint and the calculated values for day 21. The p value refers to the difference between the meausrements of the 24th hour, and the extrapolated data on the 21st day.

	Measured Data		Calculated Data		t-Test
	${\bar{F}}_{24 h}$ (cN)	σ_24h (cN)	${\bar{F}}_{21 day}$ (cN)	σ_21day (cN)	p Value
Dentaurum elastic ligature	171.73	2.5	109.8	36.8	0.10 *
Masel elastic ligature	176.1	17.25	-	-	-
Ortho organiser elastic chain	198.53	3.05	191.8	4.22	0.089 **
Masel elastic chain	197.42	2.28	187.47	1.62	0.0036 **

* Not equal variance. ** Equal variance.