Table 3. Markers significantly different between CP vs CTRL, CP-A vs CTRL and CP-A vs CP-B+C.
| VOC | Concentration (ppbv) | p value | Concentration (ppbv) | p value | Concentration (ppbv) | p value | |||
| Median and Median absolute deviation | Median and Median absolute deviation | Median and Median absolute deviation | |||||||
| CP | CTRL | CP-A | CTRL | CP-A | CP-B+C | ||||
| Ketones | |||||||||
| 2-butanone | 3.2±0.5 | 2.6±0.5 | 0.027 | 3.1±0.1 | 2.6±0.5 | ns | 3.1±0.1 | 4±1 | 0.041 |
| 2- or 3-pentanone | 1.4±0.3 | 1.06±0.16 | 0.020 | 1.0±0.2 | 1.06±0.16 | ns | 1.0±0.2 | 1.5±0.4 | ns |
| C8-ketone | 0.13±0.02 | 0.09±0.01 | 0.005 | 0.11±0.01 | 0.09±0.01 | ns | 0.11±0.01 | 0.19±0.08 | 0.009 |
| C9-ketone | 0.10±0.02 | 0.07±0.02 | 0.027 | 0.11±0.02 | 0.07±0.02 | ns | 0.11±0.02 | 0.09±0.08 | ns |
| Terpenes | |||||||||
| Monoterpenes | 6.7±5 | 1.3±0.4 | 0.000 | 3±1 | 1.3±0.4 | ns | 3±1 | 54±52 | 0.002 |
| Terpene related | 0.6±0.1 | 0.38±0.03 | 0.006 | 0.54±0.06 | 0.38±0.03 | ns | 0.54±0.06 | 0.8±0.3 | ns |
| S and N containing compounds | |||||||||
| Sulfoxide-compound | 0.08±0.02 | 0.06±0.02 | 0.027 | 0.02±0.03 | 0.06±0.02 | ns | 0.02±0.03 | 0.10±0.03 | ns |
| S-compound | 0.09±0.03 | 0.13±0.03 | 0.011 | 0.10±0.02 | 0.13±0.03 | ns | 0.10±0.02 | 0.06±0.04 | 0.041 |
| NS-compound | 0.86±0.26 | 0.58±0.20 | 0.046 | 0.6±0.2 | 0.58±0.20 | ns | 0.6±0.2 | 1.4±0.7 | 0.004 |
| N-compound | 0.40±0.07 | 0.16±0.06 | 0.020 | 0.5±0.2 | 0.16±0.06 | 0.002 | 0.5±0.2 | 0.2±0.3 | 0.015 |
| Alcohol | |||||||||
| Methanol | 528±218 | 279±134 | 0.041 | 404±128 | 279±134 | 0.034 | 404±128 | 725±320 | ns |
| Heptadienol | 2.5±1.4 | 0.9±0.2 | 0.020 | 1.9±0.5 | 0.9±0.2 | ns | 1.9±0.5 | 6±4 | 0.002 |
Abbreviations: CP, cirrhotic patients; CTRL, healthy controls; CP-A, cirrhotic Child Pugh A; CP-B+C, cirrhotic Child Pugh B+C.