TABLE 5.
Effect of freeze and thaw cycles on alterations of sphingolipid levels
| Serum |
Plasma EDTA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphingolipid | T2 | T3 | T2 | T3 |
| C16-SM | P = 0.0384 | P = 0.0463 | ||
| C16-Cer | P = 0.0011 | |||
| Sphingosine | P = 0.0007 | |||
| dhSph | P = 0.0103 | P = 0.0282 | ||
| C18-Cer1P | P = 0.0153 | |||
| C18:1-Cer1P | P = 0.0038 | |||
| C26-Cer1P | P = 0.0016 | |||
| C16-LacCer | P = 0.0434 | |||
| C18:1-LacCer | P = 0.0377 | P = 0.0265 | ||
| C16-HexCer | P = 0.0322 | |||
| C22:1-HexCer | P = 0.0492 | |||
| Hexosylsphingosine | P = 0.0049 | |||
No P-value indicates absence of statistical difference from originally thawed sample (T0); no statistical differences in sphingolipid levels after T1.