Table 18. Change of Skin Hydration between Treatment Group and Control Group in Baseline and 6 weeks(Center between the medial aspect of the elbow and the wrist)

Descriptives V2 V4 Difference p–value
Control Group n 24 24 24 0.000b
Mean±SD 25.911±6.136 31.696±5.528 5.785±6.431
Median 26.250 30.700 5.233
Min 17.133 19.900 −1.467
Max 36.100 40.800 21.167
Treatment Group n 23 23 23 0.000a
Mean±SD 28.307±6.470 39.380±6.593 11.072±8.998
Median 28.633 38.367 9.233
Min 15.600 30.233 −0.034
Max 38.967 58.033 32.167
p–value 0.199c 0.000c 0.024d
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