Table 17. Change of Skin Hydration between Treatment Group and Control Group in Baseline and 6 weeks(1㎝ below the medial aspect of the elbow)

Descriptives V2 V4 Difference p–value
Control Group n 24 24 24 0.001b
Mean±SD 26.721±8.879 33.618±5.043 6.897±8.264
Median 28.517 33.550 4.017
Min 7.800 24.733 −3.900
Max 41.267 44.433 25.900
Treatment Group n 23 23 23 0.000a
Mean±SD 31.088±11.179 45.100±10.089 14.012±11.089
Median 29.767 46.000 11.000
Min 10.333 28.167 −0.066
Max 54.300 65.233 38.233
p–value 0.144c 0.000c 0.020d
p-value by paired t-test
p-value by Wilcoxon signed rank test
p-value by Independent two-sample t-test
p-value by Mann-Whitney test