Means and standard deviations of articular cartilage thickness of the distinct areas of each femur and tibia and statistical comparisons. p Values from t test
| Set | Femur | Tibia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) mm | Stat | Mean (SD) mm | Stat | ||||||
| Patellar surface | Condyles | Con-Pat | Covered | Direct | Cov-Dir | ||||
| 1 | 2.59(0.34) | 2.61(0.48) | NS | 2.15(0.46) | 2.87(0.49) | p<0.01 | |||
| 2 | 2.36(0.42) | 2.05(0.47) | p<0.05 | 1.66(0.39) | 2.13(0.26) | p<0.05 | |||
| 3 | 1.99(0.29) | 1.83(0.30) | NS | 1.97(0.35) | 2.69(0.70) | p<0.05 | |||
| 4 | 2.49(0.32) | 2.49(0.33) | NS | 2.37(0.49) | 2.83(0.46) | p<0.05 | |||
| 5 | 2.28(0.28) | 2.00(0.38) | p<0.01 | 1.79(0.30) | 2.07(0.37) | p<0.05 | |||
| 6 | — | 2.20(0.45) | — | 2.27(0.61) | — | — | |||
| 7 | 1.95(0.30) | 1.65(0.29) | p<0.001 | 1.65(0.29) | 2.63(0.60) | p<0.01 | |||
| 8 | 2.06(0.35) | 2.65(0.34) | p<0.001 | 2.53(0.44) | 2.98(0.26) | p<0.01 | |||
| 9 | 2.47(0.29) | 1.99(0.45) | p<0.001 | 2.06(0.61) | 2.56(0.61) | p<0.05 | |||
| 10 | 2.32(0.19) | 2.53(0.45) | NS | 2.09(0.37) | 2.94(0.22) | p<0.001 | |||
| 11 | 1.76(0.34) | 1.63(0.31) | NS | 1.54(0.32) | 2.20(0.51) | p<0.001 | |||
No comparison was possible because of severe degeneration of the cartilage where no statistical comparison is shown.