Table 3.

Pairwise comparisons (Bonferroni) between concentrations of absolute sCOMP (n = 10 patients).

	p-Value	Mean difference	95% confidence interval
			Lower limit	Upper limit
sCOMP (t0)/
sCOMP (t1)	<0.001*	222.93	135.29	310.57
sCOMP (t2)	1.000	−41.00	−253.39	171.38
sCOMP (t3)	1.000	−46.93	−269.82	175.97
sCOMP (t1)/
sCOMP (t2)	0.049*	−263.93	−526.57	−1.29
sCOMP (t3)	0.011*	−269.86	−479.58	−60.14
sCOMP (t2)/
sCOMP (t3)	1.000	−5.92	−314.73	302.89

sCOMP – serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein concentration; THR – total hip replacement; t₀ – 7.1 $\pm$ 12.4 days before THR; t₁ – 7.0$\pm$ 0.7 days after THR; t₂ – 14.0 $\pm$ 2.1 weeks after THR; t₃ – 52.4 $\pm$ 1.9 weeks after THR; *Significant difference.