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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2021 Oct 29;136(5):1356–1363. doi: 10.3171/2021.6.JNS204425

TABLE 3.

Correlation between absolute MRE stiffness values and surgical findings

Surgical Consistency Mean kPa Ratio (SE) p Value
Absolute MRE stiffness value 0.0087
 Soft 1.62 (0.09)
 Intermediate 2.0 (0.26)
 Firm 2.77 (0.36)
Post hoc Tukey pairwise comparison
 Firm intermediate 0.206
 Soft firm 0.010
 Soft intermediate 0.345

SE = standard error.

Boldface type indicates statistical significance.