Table 3.

Statistical characteristics of elastographic parameters of various skin layers determined in three consecutive measurements, separately for women with BMI < 25 kg/m² and ≥ 25 kg/m², along with ICC values for intra-observer reproducibility and p-values for intergroup comparisons

Variable	BMI < 25 kg/m2 (n = 23)				BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (n = 34)
	Measurement 1	Measurement 2	Measurement 3	ICC	Measurement 1	Measurement 2	Measurement 3	ICC	P-value
Right suborbital region:
Dermis	19.57 ±5.02	19.13 ±4.99	19.22 ±4.71	0.979	18.76 ±4.46	18.56 ±4.33	19.53 ±4.82	0.842	0.780
Subcutaneous tissue	18.57 ±4.97	18.04 ±4.70	18.04 ±4.66	0.968	17.74 ±4.45	17.35 ±4.26	17.32 ±4.21	0.964	0.546
SMAS	16.26 ±4.03	16.04 ±3.62	16.09 ±3.68	0.965	16.09 ±5.13	16.44 ±4.52	16.79 ±4.48	0.953	0.782
Left suborbital region:
Dermis	19.57 ±5.02	19.83 ±4.65	19.98 ±4.21	0.970	18.76 ±4.46	19.15 ±3.96	19.26 ±4.24	0.970	0.544
Subcutaneous tissue	17.83 ±4.80	17.96 ±4.18	18.39 ±4.21	0.970	17.29 ±4.65	17.26 ±4.10	17.56 ±4.25	0.957	0.561
SMAS	15.50 ±4.55	15.83 ±4.32	16.13 ±4.12	0.971	15.79 ±4.81	15.76 ±4.67	16.47 ±4.75	0.957	0.874
Right cheek:
Dermis	20.13 ±5.05	20.26 ±4.61	20.09 ±4.40	0.966	18.62 ±4.41	18.91 ±4.04	19.03 ±4.10	0.959	0.282
Subcutaneous tissue	18.26 ±4.24	18.43 ±4.05	18.61 ±3.77	0.960	16.65 ±5.32	17.06 ±4.68	17.62 ±4.51	0.957	0.261
SMAS	17.09 ±5.34	17.17 ±4.96	17.13 ±5.03	0.986	14.68 ±4.42	15.21 ±4.15	15.44 ±4.09	0.963	0.122
Left cheek:
Dermis	21.35 ±4.82	21.78 ±4.51	21.57 ±5.16	0.931	21.91 ±4.86	22.24 ±4.74	22.32 ±4.65	0.962	0.644
Subcutaneous tissue	18.59 ±4.43	18.65 ±4.21	18.57 ±3.95	0.962	17.07 ±4.07	17.44 ±3.37	17.56 ±3.32	0.889	0.242
SMAS	20.74 ±6.56	20.61 ±6.09	20.48 ±5.79	0.982	18.97 ±6.51	19.00 ±5.91	18.56 ±5.70	0.932	0.284