Table 1.

Dermatological characteristics of the infants’ heels who formed both part of the emu oil-based lotion study treatment and control population

Neonates (n=31)	Pretreatment	Posttreatment
		1 hour		24 hours
Heel’s skin	Baseline	Treated	Control	Treated	Control
Hydration, cu	35.0 (±15.4)	42.9 (±15.6)*	33.7 (±14.5)#	46.8 (±16.7)**	35.3 (±12.9)##
pH, units	4.5 (±0.2)	4.7 (±0.2)°	4.7 (±0.4)	4.9 (±0.4)°°	4.7(±0.3)
Elasticity, cu	45.4 (±2.1)	45.8 (±2.2)	44.3 (±2.1)@	46.6 (±1.6)^	45.6 (±1.4)@@
Temperature, °C	29.6 (±0.9)	30.0 (±1.0)	30.0 (±1.0)	30.1 (±0.7)	30.0 (±0.8)
p		Treated vs. control: 0.02#		Treated vs. control: 0.005##
		Treated vs. control: 0.01@		Treated vs. control: 0.01@@

Notes: p, statistical significance <0.05.

^*Baseline vs 1 hour: p=0.05;

^**Baseline vs 24 hours: p=0.01;

^°pH, units: baseline vs 1 and 24 hours;

^°°pH, units: baseline vs 24 hours;

^{^}elasticity, conventional units: baseline vs 24 hours;

^#hydration, conventional units: treated vs. control at 1 hour;

^##hydration, conventional units: treated vs. control at 24 hours;

^@elasticity, conventional units: treated vs control at 1 hour;

^@@elasticity, conventional units: treated vs control at 24 hours.