Table 2.

Skin thickness variation of newborns analyzed in the articles

	Study 1 Smith et al, 198215	Study 2 Fairley et al, 198316	Study 3 De Viragh et al, 199517	Study 4 Kakasheva‐Mazhenkovska et al, 201118	Study 5 Kakasheva‐Mazhenkovska et al, 201119	Study 6 Khalfa et al, 201810 , b
Fetal	x					x
Neonatal		x	x	x	x		x
Skin palm
Stratum corneum (μm)	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Total epidermis (μm)	‐	‐		142	‐	‐	‐
Dermis (μm)	‐	‐		873	‐	‐	‐
Total skin (μm)	‐	‐		1015	‐	‐	‐
Skin sole
Stratum corneum (μm)	‐	‐		‐	‐		‐
Total epidermis (μm)	‐	‐		193.2	‐	470 ± 121	680 ± 315
Dermis (μm)	‐	‐		719.9	‐	‐	‐
Total skin (μm)	‐	‐		913. 1	‐	‐	‐
Skin abdomen
Stratum corneum (μm)	‐	35.4 ± 11.3		‐	‐		‐
Total epidermis (μm)	‐	‐		161.6	‐	530 ± 111	650 ± 331
Dermis (μm)	‐	‐		1297	‐	‐	‐
Total skin (μm)	‐	‐		1458.7	‐	‐	‐
Skin capillitium
Stratum corneum (μm)	‐	‐		‐	120.7	‐
Total epidermis (μm)	‐	‐	24.7 ± 7.4 to 80.5 ± 3.0a	160.8	160.8	‐	‐
Dermis (μm)	‐	‐	777.5 ± 32.9 to 1143.1 ± 34.2a	1553.8	1714.6	‐	‐
Total skin (μm)	‐	‐		1714.6	1875.4	‐	‐
Skin back
Stratum corneum (μm)	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Total epidermis (μm)	‐	‐		150.3	‐	480 ± 153	650 ± 324
Dermis (μm)	4000c	‐		1330.6	‐	‐	‐
Total skin (μm)	‐	‐		1431.3	‐	‐	‐

^aMinimum to maximum values Mean ± SE.

^bData corrected by the authors after publication.

^cThickest value.