Table 5 |
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Correlation of proliferation or apoptosis indexes to various radiographic measurements |
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| Measurements |
Cobb |
AVT |
AVR |
DWA |
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| Upper end vertebral growth plate |
Convex side |
PCNA |
0.251 |
0.232 |
0.362 |
0.334 |
| TUNEL |
0.184 |
0.090 |
0.204 |
0.166 |
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| PARP |
0.417 |
0.384 |
0.427 |
0.326 |
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| Concave side |
PCNA |
-0.100 |
-0.099 |
-0.057 |
0.035 |
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| TUNEL |
-0.125 |
-0.202 |
-0.118 |
-0.005 |
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| PARP |
-0.488* |
-0.549* |
-0.295 |
-0.464* |
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| Apex vertebral growth plate |
Convex side |
PCNA |
0.453* |
0.519* |
0.498* |
0.299 |
| TUNEL |
0.395 |
0.324 |
0.493* |
0.254 |
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| PARP |
0.563* |
0.556* |
0.641* |
0.417 |
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| Concave side |
PCNA |
-0.589* |
-0.547* |
-0.404 |
-0.538* |
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| TUNEL |
-0.774* |
-0.814* |
-0.710* |
-0.657* |
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| PARP |
-0.339 |
-0.364 |
-0.185 |
-0.323 |
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| Lower end vertebral growth plate |
Convex side |
PCNA |
-0.069 |
-0.024 |
0.266 |
0.106 |
| TUNEL |
-0.080 |
-0.048 |
0.183 |
0.002 |
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| PARP |
-0.099 |
0.018 |
0.195 |
0.029 |
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| Concave side |
PCNA |
-0.106 |
-0.046 |
0.166 |
-0.010 |
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| TUNEL |
-0.240 |
-0.224 |
-0.232 |
-0.146 |
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| PARP |
-0.275 |
-0.179 |
0.080 |
-0.170 |
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Correlation of proliferation or apoptosis indexes with various radiographic measurements expressed as Pearson or spearmen correlation coefficients with significance set at P < 0.05. * Statistical significance. AVT = Apex vertical translation; AVR = Apex vertebral rotation; DWA = Disc wedging angle of apex. | ||||||
Wang et al. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2007 2:19 doi:10.1186/1749-799X-2-19 |
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