Table 8.

Skin elasticity (R2) value changes

		BG11001	Placebo	p1)	p2)
Arbitrary units (Average ± SD)
Cutometer (R2)	Baseline	0.89 ± 0.05	0.86 ± 0.07	0.185
After 8 wk	0.90 ± 0.04	0.86 ± 0.05	0.000	0.000**
Difference3)	0.01 ± 0.05	−0.01 ± 0.08	0.118
p4)	0.058	0.485
After 16 wk	0.91 ± 0.05	0.87 ± 0.07	0.002	0.003**
Difference5)	0.02 ± 0.04	−0.00 ± 0.50	0.040*
p4)	0.006∗∗	0.732
After 24 wk	0.91 ± 0.04	0.87 ± 0.07	0.003	0.006**
Difference6)	0.02 ± 0.05	−0.00 ± 0.07	0.108
p4)	0.011∗	0.946

^∗p < 0.05 by Student t-test for comparison with placebo group.

^∗∗p < 0.01 by Student t-test for comparison with placebo group.

¹⁾Compared between groups: p by Student t-test.

²⁾Compared between groups: p by analysis of covariance (adjustment with baseline).

³⁾After 8 wk – baseline.

⁴⁾Compared within groups: p by paired t-test.

⁵⁾After 16 wk – baseline.

⁶⁾After 24 wk – baseline.