TABLE 1.

Number of anagen phase V–VI hair bulbs

	Placebo Mean (s.d.) N=50	Spermidine Mean (s.d.) N=50	P value (between treatment groups, Student’s t-test)
T0	25.54 (4.05)	24.64 (4.45)	0.29 (n.s.)
T1	20.24 (3.14)	37.44 (3.84)
Absolute change between T1 and T0	−5.3 (2.3)*	12.8 (6.87)*	<0.0001

^*p<0.0001 within treatment group, change from T0, paired t-test.

n.s. non significant; s.d. standard deviation.