Table 3. Mean and standard deviation (SD) values for cartilage thickness as determined by needle probing for distal femur samples of murine articular cartilage (n=10).
Mean values compared between condyles (Lateral/Medial; unpaired, Student’s t test) and within sub-regions of condyles (Lat/Ant, Lat/Post, Med/Ant, Med/Post; one-way ANOVA, α=0.05).
| Cartilage thickness [µm] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condyle | Mean (SD) | Condyle | Mean (SD) | Lat - Med | ||||
| Lateral | 60.3 (6.3) | Medial | 39.8 (2.9) | p<0.0001 | ||||
| Lat/Ant | 57.0 (5.9) | Med/Ant | 37.5 (3.8) | p<0.0001 | ||||
| Lat/Post | 62.3 (7.8) | Med/Post | 41.9 (3.0) | p<0.0001 | ||||
| Ant - Post | ns | Ant - Post | ns | |||||
ns, no significant difference.
-, comparison not applicable.