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Table 4. Ultrasonographic measurements of skin and subcutaneous thickness in affected extremities of both groups at prespecified time points.

	Before treatment	After treatment	2^nd month control	Intra-group
	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	p
Skin thickness				1^a
Elbow point				0.585^b
Group 1	0.1±0.0	0.1±0.0	0.1±0.0	0.1^c
Group 2	0.1±0.0	0.1±0.0	0.1±0.0	1^d
P value between groups	0.739	0.825	0.740	0.715^e
				0.924^f
Proximal				0.002^a
Group 1	0.2±0.1	0.2±0.0	0.2±0.0	0.014^b
Group 2	0.2±0.1	0.2±0.0	0.2±0.0	0.957^c
P value between groups	0.533	0.196	0.201	0.016^d 0.163^e 0.522^f
Distal				0.045^a
Group 1	0.2±0.0	0.2±0.0	0.2±0.0	0.504^b
Group 2	0.2±0.1	0.2±0.1	0.2±0.1	0.821^c
P value between groups	0.904	0.824	0.899	0.033^d
				1^e
				0.308^f
Subcutaneous tissue thickness				0.002^a
Elbow point				0.000^b
Group 1	0.5±0.3	0.4±0.2	0.3±0.1	0.158^c
Group 2	0.5±0.2	0.3±0.2	0.3±0.2	0.000^d
P value between groups	0.506	0.791	0.828	0.000^e
				0.256^f
Proximal				0.000^a
Group 1	1.8±0.6	1.4±0.6	1.4±0.5	0.000^b
Group 2	1.8±0.6	1.4±0.5	1.4±0.6	1^c
P value between groups	0.997	0.983	0.654	0.000^d 0.000^e 0.600^f
Distal				0.000^a
Group 1	1.5±0.4	1.3±0.4	1.3±0.4	0.007^b
Group 2	1.6±0.5	1.2±0.4	1.3±0.5	0.520^c
P value between groups	0.498	0.966	0.795	0.000^d 0.000^e
				1^f
SD: Standard deviation; ^a: Before and after treatment for Group 1; ^b: Before treatment and control for Group 1; ^c: After treatment and control for Group 1; ^d: Before and after treatment for Group 2; ^e: Before treatment and control for Group 2; ^f: After treatment and control for Group 2.