Table 25. Change of Skin Hydration between Treatment Group and Control Group in 3 weeks and 6 weeks(1㎝ below the medial aspect of the elbow)

Descriptives V3 V4 Difference p–value
Control Group n 24 24 24 0.339b
Mean±SD 32.018±7.336 33.618±5.043 1.600±7.749
Median 32.233 33.550 0.500
Min 13.500 24.733 −13.900
Max 46.300 44.433 20.200
Treatment Group n 23 23 23 0.000b
Mean±SD 37.991±9.140 45.100±10.089 7.109±7.771
Median 37.100 46.000 4.866
Min 21.367 28.167 −3.633
Max 60.367 65.233 33.466
p–value 0.017c 0.000c 0.004d
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