a negative trendP = .10
Stratification by sex identified no significant differential changes in medial RUNX2, although males demonstrated a negative trend and females a positive trend after denervation (male: 0.13% ± 0.1% [denervated] vs 1.1% ± 0.7% [sham]; P = .10; female: 0.85% ± 0.3% [denervated] vs 0.23% ± 0.09% [sham]; P = .10) ( Fig 3 , G ).