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. 2012 Oct 3;7(10):e46938. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046938

Table 4. Discrimination of odor intensity by three groups.

2-phenylethanol (PHE) Isovaleric acid (ISO)
Concentration level DP CIP HC DP CIP HC
C1 3.1 (2.4)A 2.3 (1.6)A 2.1 (1.9)A 5.4 (2.6)A 6.1 (2.4)A 2.1 (1.7)A
C2 5.1 (2.7)B 4.0 (2.9)AB 4.0 (2.0)B 5.4 (2.7)A 5.6 (2.8)A 3.6 (2.0)B
C3 6.1 (2.6)B 4.9 (3.1)B 5.9 (2.5)C 7.3 (2.6)A 6.9 (2.6)A 5.9 (2.4)C

Odor intensity mean scores (SD) of 2-phenylethanol (PHE) and isovaleric acid (ISO) evaluated in depressed patients at V1 [DP] (n = 18), in clinically improved patients at V2 [CIP] (n = 18) and in healthy controls [HC] (n = 54). The results must be read in columns: for each odorant, mean values with the same letter are not significantly different at α = 5%, using the Nemenyi procedure.