From: Chocolate flavanols and skin photoprotection: a parallel, double-blind, randomized clinical trial
High-flavanol chocolate (n = 33) | Low-flavanol chocolate (n = 41) | Pvalue of changes between treatments | |
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Overall elasticity (mm) | |||
Arm | |||
Baseline | 0.76 ± 0.08 | 0.76 ± 0.09 | - |
Week 6 | 0.76 ± 0.09 | 0.75 ± 0.06 | 0.61 |
Week 9 | 0.77 ± 0.08 | 0.76 ± 0.07 | 0.48 |
Week 12 | 0.76 ± 0.10 | 0.75 ± 0.08 | 0.42 |
P value (Week 6 vs Baseline) | 0.97 | 0.51 | |
P value (Week 9 vs Baseline) | 0.29 | 0.95 | |
P value (Week 12 vs Baseline) | 0.77 | 0.39 | |
Temple | |||
Baseline | 0.54 ± 0.11 | 0.55 ± 0.10 | - |
Week 6 | 0.59 ± 0.09 | 0.55 ± 0.10 | 0.04 |
Week 9 | 0.55 ± 0.12 | 0.56 ± 0.10 | 0.64 |
Week 12 | 0.60 ± 0.12 | 0.57 ± 0.11 | 0.10 |
P value (Week 6 vs Baseline) | 0.0024 | 0.92 | |
P value (Week 9 vs Baseline) | 0.33 | 0.81 | |
P value (Week 12 vs Baseline) | 0.0016 | 0.10 |