Computerized Morphometric Analysis of Human Femoral Articular Cartilage

Table 5

Comparison of various parameters in groupa 1 and 2.

	Group 1	Group 2	T value	Significance
TT	2.34±0.30	2.23±0.25	1.95	NS
A1	54.93±22.54	58.92±18.03	0.504	NS
A2	154.62±36.39	167.79±27.18	1.052	NS
A3	161.63±17.42	204.59±43.28	3.617	Significant
A4	162.86±36.19	145.00±32.17	1.354	NS
D1	5.76±3.85	6.08±2.97	0.238	NS
D2	3.12±1.71	3.01±1.35	0.186	NS
D3	2.69±1.12	3.24±1.11	1.272	NS
D4	2.65±1.17	3.36±1.37	1.482	NS
ASC	5933.46±5821.12	4322.89±2299.21	0.904	NS

P value of less than or equal to 0.05 has been considered significant, otherwise nonsignificant (NS).
TT, total thickness of the cartilage; A1, A2, A3, A4, area of lacunae in zone 1–4; D1, D2, D3, D4, number of chondrocytes per 10,000 μ ² area zone 1–4; ASC, area of subchondral cavities.