Table 1. Thermogram shape and feature parameters for each clinical group.

Parameter	Control [Median (LQ,UQ)]h	LSILf [Median (LQ,UQ)]	HSILg [Median (LQ,UQ)]	Stage I [Median (LQ,UQ)]	Stage II-IV [Median (LQ,UQ)]
Area (cal/g)	4.89 (4.75,5.05)	4.59 (4.52,4.65)	4.33 (3.90,4.83)	4.46 (3.83,4.71)	4.52 (4.25,4.78)
Width (°C)	5.5 (5.2,5.7)	13.1 (5.5,13.4)	11.7 (10.6,12.7)	13.1 (10.6,13.9)	14.3 (11.9,14.9)
Height (cal/°C.g)	0.50 (0.48,0.51)	0.34 (0.32,0.45)	0.36 (0.32,0.40)	0.32 (0.29,0.36)	0.31 (0.28,0.37)
Tmax a (°C)	62.2 (61.9,62.2)	64.3 (63.8,64.7)	63.8 (63.3,64.5)	64.3 (63.6,64.8)	64.1 (62.5,70.3)
TFM b (°C)	66.4 (66.0,66.5)	68.3 (67.4,69.0)	68.0 (67.3,68.3)	68.1 (67.8,68.5)	68.4 (67.9,68.7)
Cp ex (Peak 1)c (cal/°C.g)	0.50 (0.48,0.51)	0.34 (0.32,0.45)	0.36 (0.32,0.40)	0.32 (0.27,0.36)	0.30 (0.26,0.37)
Cp ex (Peak 2)d (cal/°C.g)	0.23 (0.22,0.23)	0.27 (0.21,0.27)	0.25 (0.23,0.26)	0.25 (0.23,0.28)	0.27 (0.25,0.30)
Cp ex (Peak 1)/Cp ex (Peak 2)e	2.19 (2.10,2.33)	1.26 (1.21,2.12)	1.40 (1.28,1.61)	1.21 (1.08,1.46)	1.06 (0.95,1.33)

^a T_max, temperature of the peak maximum;

^b T_FM, first moment temperature;

^c C_p ^ex (Peak 1), excess specific heat capacity of the main transition;

^d C_p ^ex (Peak 2), excess specific heat capacity of the second transition;

^e C_p ^ex (Peak 1)/C_p ^ex (Peak 2), ratio of the excess specific heat capacities of the main and second transitions;

^f LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL);

^g HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL);

^h median value, lower quartile and upper quartile.