Table 1.
Ratio of intertubular dentine to dentine tubule surface area by age and location.
| Location |
Median ratio of intertubular dentine to dentine tubule lumens (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Young | Mature | |
| Shallow Central | 29.6 (0.2, 59.0)BC | 76.2 (–20.4, 172.8) |
| Shallow Peripheral | 69.3 (24.8, 113.9)D | 82.1 (–302.0, 466.2) |
| Deep Central | 5.9 (–4.6, 16.4)A | 9.3 (–1.9, 20.4)AB |
| Deep Peripheral | 71.6 (39.8, 103.3)D | 46.8 (8.7, 84.8)CD |
*Margins sharing a letter show values are not significantly different at a type one error rate of 0.05 while controlling for the field of view.
Model: P-value (Location) = 0.024; P-value (Age) = 0.37; P-value (Location*Age) = 0.38; Model R-square = 0.10.