Determination of Spearman Correlation Coefficient to Evaluate the Linear Association of Dermal Collagen and Elastic Fibers in the Perspectives of Skin Injury

Table 1

Spearman’s correlation coefficient and its level of significance for pattern at extremities.

Variables between	Shoulder joint		Wrist		Ankle		Forearm		Thigh
	&	0.66	0.000^#	0.75	0.000^#	0.26	0.14	0.75	0.000^#	0.80	0.000^#
&		0.39	0.01	0.9	0.11	0.54		0.41		0.000^#
&		0.94		0.92	0.23	0.20		0.003^#		0.15
&		0.05	0.20	0.26	0.19	0.28		0.000^#	0.42	0.01

Correlation is significant at 0.01 level . Correlation is significant at 0.05 level (: collagen in horizontal direction; : collagen in vertical direction; : elastic in horizontal direction; : elastic in vertical direction).