Table 1.
Transepidermal water loss changes detected as an indicator of epidermal “barrier” in different anatomical areas in both groups of volunteers after the diet water surplus
| T0 (mean ± SD) | T1(mean ± SD) | T2 (mean ± SD) |
P-value
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (T1 vs T0) | (T2 vs T1) | (T2 vs T0) | ||||
| Group 1 | ||||||
| Forehead | 10.84±3.88 | 9.33±3.52 | 10.46±2.96 | 0.041* | 0.176 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) |
| Zygomatic | 10.55±3.40 | 9.75±3.17 | 9.88±3.02 | 0.563 (ns) | 0.801 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) |
| Hand | 8.88±3.25 | 8.31±3.01 | 8.40±2.77 | 0.641 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) | 0.957 (ns) |
| Forearm | 6.14±2.34 | 5.55±1.83 | 5.79±1.64 | 0.346 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) |
| Leg | 5.88±2.12 | 5.74±1.53 | 6.57±1.94 | 1.000 (ns) | 0.080 (ns) | 0.173 (ns) |
| Group 2 | ||||||
| Forehead | 10.98±4.05 | 9.39±4.02 | 9.76±3.56 | 0.406 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) |
| Zygomatic | 10.00±2.97 | 8.97±4.29 | 9.56±3.42 | 1.000 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) |
| Hand | 8.87±2.98 | 7.62±2.43 | 8.84±4.21 | 0.612 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) |
| Forearm | 5.83±1.33 | 4.98±1.95 | 4.90±1.39 | 0.702 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) | 0.136 (ns) |
| Leg | 5.35±1.48 | 4.71±1.33 | 5.31±1.57 | 0.858 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) | 1.000 (ns) |
Notes:
Values are expressed in g/m2/h.
*
P<0.05.
Abbreviations: ns, not significant; SD, standard deviation; T0, day 0; T1, day 15; T2, day 30; vs, versus.