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.