Collagen and Elastic Fiber Content Correlation Analysis between Horizontal and Vertical Orientations of Skin Samples of Human Body

Table 2

Spearman’s correlation coefficient () and its level of significance ().

Variables between	Suprascapular area		Anterior chest area		Lateral chest area		Anterior abdominal wall		Inguinal region
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
CH  & CV	0.75	0.000	0.56	0.001	0.55	0.001	0.57	0.001	0.77	0.000
CH  & EH		0.62		0.001		0.41		0.001		0.15
CV  & EV		0.03		0.21		0.01		0.059		0.01
EH  & EV	0.77	0.000	0.62	0.000	0.43	0.01	0.69	0.000	0.62	0.000

Correlation is significant at ; correlation is significant at .
(C_H: collagen in horizontal, C_V: collagen in vertical, E_H: elastic in horizontal, and E_V: elastic in vertical direction).