Table 9.

Skin elasticity (R5) value changes

		BG11001	Placebo	p1)	p2)
Arbitrary units (Average ± SD)
Cutometer (R5)	Baseline	0.68 ± 0.18	0.62 ± 0.14	0.127
After 8 wk	0.75 ± 0.19	0.66 ± 0.15	0.021	0.071
Difference3)	0.07 ± 0.12	0.04 ± 0.08	0.160
p4)	0.001∗∗	0.006∗∗
After 16 wk	0.79 ± 0.21	0.67 ± 0.17	0.009	0.033*
Difference5)	0.11 ± 0.19	0.05 ± 0.16	0.138
p4)	0.001∗∗	0.045∗
After 24 wk	0.78 ± 0.22	0.65 ± 0.16	0.004	0.014*
Difference6)	0.10 ± 0.16	0.03 ± 0.16	0.043
p4)	0.000∗∗	0.246

^∗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.