Means and standard deviations of articular cartilage thickness of the distinct areas of each femoral head and acetabulum and statistical comparisons. p Values from t test
| Femoral head | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) mm | Statistical comparisons | ||||||||||
| Set | Superior | Anterior | Posterior | Inferior | Sup-Ant | Sup-Pos | Sup-Inf | Ant-Pos | Ant-Inf | Pos-Inf | |
| 1 | 1.61 (0.13) | 2.09 (0.44) | — | 2.40 (0.00) | p<0.05 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | 1.78 (0.49) | 1.67 (0.34) | 1.70 (0.17) | 1.08 (0.12) | NS | NS | p<0.05 | NS | p<0.01 | p<0.01 | |
| 3 | 1.63 (0.38) | 1.83 (0.00) | 1.40 (0.18) | 1.52 (0.08) | — | NS | NS | — | — | NS | |
| 4 | 2.25 (0.79) | 1.75 (0.57) | 1.98 (0.54) | 1.51 (0.09) | NS | NS | p<0.05 | NS | NS | p<0.05 | |
| 5 | 1.78 (0.25) | 1.58 (0.28) | 1.56 (0.20) | 1.50 (0.21) | NS | NS | p<0.05 | NS | NS | NS | |
| 6 | 2.22 (0.50) | 2.03 (0.42) | 1.73 (0.45) | 1.32 (0.24) | NS | p<0.05 | p<0.001 | NS | p<0.01 | p<0.05 | |
| 7 | 1.53 (0.15) | 1.62 (0.27) | 1.29 (0.12) | 1.38 (0.25) | NS | p<0.001 | NS | p<0.01 | NS | NS | |
| 8 | 1.43 (0.42) | — | 1.48 (0.15) | 1.70 (0.01) | — | NS | NS | — | — | p<0.05 | |
| 9 | 1.67 (0.27) | 1.78 (0.29) | 1.60 (0.32) | 1.69 (0.48) | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | |
| 10 | 2.09 (0.49) | 1.73 (0.41) | 1.65 (0.37) | 1.32 (0.03) | p<0.05 | p<0.01 | p<0.001 | NS | p<0.001 | p<0.01 | |
| 11 | 1.41 (0.29) | 1.46 (0.30) | 1.26 (0.15) | 1.31 (0.15) | NS | p<0.05 | NS | p<0.01 | p<0.05 | NS | |
No comparison was possible because of severe degeneration of the cartilage where no statistical comparison is shown.