Table 2.

Spearman's correlation coefficient (r) and its level of significance (p).

Variables between	Suprascapular area		Anterior chest area		Lateral chest area		Anterior abdominal wall		Inguinal region
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
CH  & CV	0.75	0.000 #	0.56	0.001 #	0.55	0.001 #	0.57	0.001 #	0.77	0.000 #
CH  & EH	−0.08	0.62	−0.55	0.001 #	−0.14	0.41	−0.57	0.001 #	−0.25	0.15
CV  & EV	−0.37	0.03 ∗	−0.22	0.21	−0.43	0.01 ∗	−0.33	0.059	−0.42	0.01 ∗
EH  & EV	0.77	0.000 #	0.62	0.000 #	0.43	0.01 ∗	0.69	0.000 #	0.62	0.000 #

^#Correlation is significant at p < 0.01; ^∗correlation is significant at p < 0.05.

(C_H: collagen in horizontal, C_V: collagen in vertical, E_H: elastic in horizontal, and E_V: elastic in vertical direction).