Application of high-frequency ultrasound to assess facial skin thickness in association with gender, age, and BMI in healthy adults

Meng, Ying; Feng, Lan; Shan, Jiali; Yuan, Zixu; Jin, Lin

doi:10.1186/s12880-022-00839-w

Table 3 Comparison of epidermal thickness ultrasound measures among the three groups

From: Application of high-frequency ultrasound to assess facial skin thickness in association with gender, age, and BMI in healthy adults

Facial region	Male					Female
Facial region	18–44 years (n = 25)	45–59 years (n = 15)	≥ 60 years (n = 9)	F	P value	18–44 years (n = 37)	45–59 years (n = 27)	≥ 60 years (n = 5)	F	P value
Epidermis (mm)
Forehead	0.23 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.04	1.555	0.222	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.02	0.145	0.865
Glabella	0.21 ± .025	0.21 ± 0.04	0.19 ± 0.03	1.670	0.199	0.20 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.01	0.894	0.414
Temple	0.19 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.02	1.500	0.234	0.18 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.01	0.566	0.571
Eyelid	0.19 ± 0.03	0.18 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.02	2.575	0.087	0.17 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.02	0.937	0.397
Nasal dorsum	0.20 ± 0.03	0.21 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.02	1.809	0.175	0.19 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.01	0.567	0.570
Zygoma	0.19 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.02	0.912	0.409	0.18 ± 0.02	0.23 ± 0.28	0.18 ± 0.04	0.752	0.476
Submandibular	0.22 ± 0.12	0.20 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.02	0.927	0.403	0.18 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.01	0.688	0.506
Neck	0.19 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.02^#	3.650	0.034	0.17 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.03	0.18 ± 0.03	0.406	0.668
Dermis (mm)
Forehead	1.22 ± 0.30	1.12 ± 0.27	1.12 ± 0.23	0.753	0.477	0.90 ± 0.14	0.83 ± 0.17	0.77 ± 0.17	2.598	0.082
Glabella	1.16 ± 0.33	1.15 ± 0.29	1.05 ± 0.20	0.510	0.604	0.95 ± 0.24	0.85 ± 0.23	0.75 ± 0.06	2.548	0.086
Temple	1.07 ± 0.22	1.04 ± 0.20	1.07 ± 0.18	0.178	0.838	0.82 ± 0.18	0.78 ± 0.19	0.71 ± 0.27	1.007	0.371
Eyelid	0.68 ± 0.15	0.65 ± 0.11	0.69 ± 0.17	0.183	0.834	0.56 ± 0.10	0.59 ± 0.11	0.63 ± 0.16	0.869	0.424
Nasal dorsum	0.98 ± 0.17	1.08 ± 0.13	1.09 ± 0.17	2.431	0.099	0.93 ± 0.24	0.90 ± 0.27	1.01 ± 0.20	0.393	0.677
Zygoma	1.21 ± 0.21	1.08 ± 0.18	1.07 ± 0.19	2.790	0.072	0.97 ± 0.33	0.78 ± 0.36^*	0.63 ± 0.20^*	3.853	0.026
Submandibular	1.07 ± 0.23	0.98 ± 0.22	0.96 ± 0.31	1.117	0.336	1.00 ± 0.29	0.84 ± 0.39	0.60 ± 0.26^*	4.112	0.021
Neck	0.96 ± 0.19	1.04 ± 0.28	0.95 ± 0.19	0.730	0.488	0.96 ± 0.16	1.02 ± 0.24	1.03 ± 0.18	0.838	0.437

Compared with the 18-44 years old group , *P < 0.05; Compared with the 45-59 years old group, ^#P < 0.05

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