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Table 2 Statistical Analysis

From: Fixation strength of biocomposite wedge interference screw in ACL reconstruction: effect of screw length and tunnel/screw ratio. A controlled laboratory study

Compared Groups

Compared Screws

Mean Difference

Critical Difference

P- Value

Statistical Significance

1

2

9 × 23

9 × 28

268,613 N

45,466 N

< 0,0001

Yes

1

3

9 × 23

9 × 35

319,512 N

45,466 N

< 0,0001

Yes

1

4

9 × 23

10 × 28

355,700 N

45,466 N

< 0,0001

Yes

1

5

9 × 23

10 × 35

369,550 N

45,466 N

< 0,0001

Yes

2

3

9 × 28

9 × 35

50,900 N

45,466 N

0,0293

Yes

2

4

9 × 28

10 × 28

87,087 N

45,466 N

0,0004

Yes

2

5

9 × 28

10 × 35

100,938 N

45,466 N

< 0,0001

Yes

3

4

9 × 35

10 × 28

36,188

45,466 N

0,1151

No

3

5

9 × 35

10 × 35

50,038

45,466 N

0,0320

Yes

4

5

10 × 28

10 × 35

13,850

45,466 N

0,5403

No

  1. Post hoc pairwise comparison with the Fisher's protected least square difference test (PLSD).