Clinical Study

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 5

Multiple comparison method for C12:0 and C18:1n9c+C18:1n9t based on treatments.

Fatty acidComparisonDifferences (estimated average)Standard deviation value95% Confidence interval

C12:0Group 1 versus Group 20.1740.1090.361(−0.100; 0.447)
Group 1 versus Group 3−0.1050.109>0.999(−0.378; 0.169)
Group 2 versus Group 3−0.2780.1050.035(0.541; 0.015)

C18:1n9c+C18:1n9tGroup 1 versus Group 2−1.3410.4790.024(2.543; 0.139)
Group 1 versus Group 3−1.2000.4790.051(−2.402; 0.002)
Group 2 versus Group 30.1410.461>0.999(−1.014; 1.296)