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. 2013 Apr 3;8(4):e59658. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059658

Table 4. Pearson correlation between VOCs and biochemical parameters.

VOCs Serum bilirubin Serum albumin Prothrombin activity
r p r p r p
Ketones
2-butanone 0.733 0.007 −0.187 0.560 −0.412 0.183
2- or 3-pentanone 0.531 0.075 −0.095 0.769 −0.368 0.239
C8-ketone 0.895 <0.001 −0.172 0.593 −0.642 0.024
C9-ketone −0.106 0.743 0.213 0.506 0.033 0.919
Terpenes
Monoterpenes 0.693 0.012 −0.164 0.610 −0.592 0.042
Terpene related 0.635 0.026 −0.089 0.784 −0.407 0.190
S and N containing compounds
Sulfoxide-compound 0.205 0.522 0.053 0.870 −0.013 0.968
S-compound −0.432 0.161 0.010 0.976 0.106 0.742
NS-compound 0.558 0.06 0.042 0.897 −0.298 0.347
N-compound −0.510 0.091 0.411 0.184 0.499 0.099
Alcohol
Methanol 0.578 0.045 −0.210 0.512 −0.350 0.265
Heptadienol 0.618 0.032 −0.060 0.853 −0.540 0.070

In bold significant correlation (p<0.05).