Evaluation of the Quantitative and Qualitative Alterations in the Fatty Acid Contents of the Sebum of Patients with Inflammatory Acne during Treatment with Systemic Lymecycline and/or Oral Fatty Acid Supplementation

Table 3

Quantitative squalene variation during the study, based on group treatment and visit.

Fatty acid	Visit	Group 1 (𝑛=12)		Group 2 (𝑛=14)		Group 3 (𝑛=14)
		Average (sd)	Median (min.–max.)	Average (sd)	Median (min.–max.)	Average (sd)	Median (min.–max.)
Squalene	D0	13.5 (6.0)	13.7 (3.0–23.2)	12.4 (4.1)	12.0 (5.3–20.3)	14.1 (4.9)	14.2 (2.9–20.9)
	D30	15.5 (3.5)	15.5 (9.9–21.1)	13.5 (4.0)	13.3 (4.5–21.9)	13.9 (3.7)	14.6 (6.9–19.0)
	D60	14.2 (4.1)	14.8 (7.6–19.6)	12.8 (2.8)	14.0 (7.9–16.1)	14.3 (4.3)	13.9 (7.3–25.0)
	D90	17.0 (3.2)	16.6 (13.0–24.1)	14.2 (3.2)	13.6 (8.1–19.1)	14.0 (6.0)	14.9 (1.4–23.0)