Table 26. Change of Skin Hydration between Treatment Group and Control Group in 3 weeks and 6 weeks(Center between the medial aspect of the elbow and the wrist)

Descriptives V3 V4 Difference p–value
Control Group n 24 24 24 0.194b
Mean±SD 31.242±5.400 31.696±5.528 0.454±5.296
Median 30.650 30.700 0.700
Min 22.500 19.900 −12.266
Max 40.300 40.800 12.267
Treatment Group n 23 23 23 0.000b
Mean±SD 32.993±5.776 39.380±6.593 6.387±6.098
Median 33.400 38.367 4.500
Min 23.533 30.233 −1.434
Max 45.267 58.033 27.766
p–value 0.289c 0.000c 0.000d
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