Figure 9: Increase of glycation products negatively correlate to loss in toughness.
Increase in fAGEs (A), CML (B), and PEN (C) correlated with loss of maximum toughness. fAGEs = fluorescent advanced glycation end-products; CML = carboxymethyl-lysine; PEN= pentosidine. Coefficient of correlation determined by Pearson’s R test (α=0.05). Significant codes: p < 0.05 ‘*’, p < 0.01 ‘**’, p < 0.001 ‘***’.