Table 1 Sebum-Hydration levels on forehead and cheek along with the alpha diversity estimates of facial skin microbiome.

From: Sebum and Hydration Levels in Specific Regions of Human Face Significantly Predict the Nature and Diversity of Facial Skin Microbiome

Sample ID

Age

Sebumeter Readings (Measures Sebum)

Corneometer Readings (Measures Hydration)

OTU Count

No. of Genera

Shannon Index

Chao Index

Forehead Sebum1 (μg/cm2)

Cheek Sebum1 (μg/cm2)

Forehead Hydration2 (a.u.)

Cheek Hydration2 (a.u.)

3

29

54.00

12.00

43.50

42.00

4818.00

538.00

9.70

9356.50

5

28

127.50

53.50

61.50

64.00

2572.00

255.00

5.62

5679.00

8

35

242.00

56.50

58.50

60.50

2978.00

287.00

6.84

6264.60

9

26

71.50

55.50

49.00

56.50

2352.00

282.00

6.75

4835.52

11

34

200.50

38.00

60.50

67.50

3695.00

477.00

7.79

8273.61

14

28

168.50

49.00

63.50

56.00

3579.00

316.00

7.53

7158.28

15

26

79.00

54.00

53.00

66.50

3504.00

354.00

6.40

7472.62

16

25

30.50

1.50

43.50

43.50

2972.00

381.00

5.88

6318.96

25

31

29.00

19.50

43.00

52.00

2048.00

227.00

4.30

4447.22

26

31

60.00

19.00

65.50

59.00

5086.00

490.00

9.97

9642.07

27

28

101.00

43.50

65.50

52.00

2930.00

384.00

5.65

6449.29

28

30

65.50

21.50

55.00

58.50

4328.00

426.00

9.14

8369.33

30

30

30.00

38.00

45.00

46.50

2063.00

233.00

4.00

4766.82

32

30

31.50

8.00

41.00

36.00

2422.00

411.00

4.26

5765.17

33

25

52.00

3.50

47.00

40.00

5697.00

694.00

9.98

12035.56

40

32

63.50

23.00

57.50

66.50

3908.00

276.00

8.07

7599.19

41

32

31.00

25.00

46.50

45.00

1320.00

194.00

2.94

2955.63

45

30

67.00

14.00

48.50

34.50

3831.00

435.00

7.08

8009.39

46

26

64.00

15.00

42.50

27.50

3893.00

549.00

7.15

8784.03

47

27

136.50

60.50

58.50

63.00

4584.00

367.00

8.17

9229.35

49

31

269.00

56.50

63.00

52.00

2318.00

201.00

5.75

5132.09

50

30

64.50

63.00

53.00

60.50

4065.00

397.00

7.79

8566.01

51

30

185.00

78.00

48.50

59.50

1512.00

138.00

4.59

3032.90

57

23

46.50

29.50

49.00

35.00

4733.00

497.00

8.78

9706.82

61

34

126.00

55.50

60.50

51.50

4504.00

375.00

9.42

8514.84

62

35

60.00

24.00

63.00

53.00

4115.00

355.00

8.04

8477.21

67

31

50.50

60.50

56.50

55.00

4327.00

372.00

8.18

8393.79

78

32

114.50

58.50

61.00

54.00

1693.00

194.00

4.12

3618.66

83

27

168.50

69.50

41.50

40.00

1202.00

68.00

4.29

2029.98

Mean

29.52

96.17

38.12

53.26

51.64

3346.52

350.79

6.83

6927.05

SEM

0.58

12.29

4.07

1.51

2.00

226.56

25.34

0.37

443.48

  1. 1Comparison between Forehead and Cheek Sebum is significant (paired T-test p-value = 4.0 × 10−6).
  2. 2Comparison between Forehead and Cheek Hydration is not significant (p = 0.302).