Table 1. Correlations between blood vessel parameters and age.
Parameters | Correlation coefficient (r) |
p |
Vessels in whole dermis | ||
area/dermal area (%) area/surface length (%) | -0.626 | 0.017* |
area/surface length (%) | -0.681 | 0.007* |
number/surface length (mm) | -0.272 | 0.347 |
number/dermal area (mm2) | -0.014 | 0.963 |
Vessels in upper dermis (~200 µm) | ||
area/dermal length (%) | -0.571 | 0.033* |
area/surface area (%) | -0.682 | 0.007* |
number/surface length (mm) | -0.716 | 0.004* |
number/dermal area (mm2) | -0.349 | 0.221 |
n=14, * significant correlation