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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Obes. 2014 Mar 27;10(1):23–29. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2014.221.x

Table 2.

Mean Volatile Organic Compound Levels Adjusted For Age, Height and Race

Factor Control (N=55) Obese (N=60) p-value
Acetaldehyde 29.3 (25.5, 33.7) 29.4 (25.8, 33.5) 0.98
Acetone 55.6 (44.7, 69.0) 51.5 (42.0, 63.0) 0.63
Isoprene 6.2 (5.2, 7.3) 11.6 (9.9, 13.7) <0.001
1-Decene 2.2 (1.8, 2.7) 3.2 (2.7, 3.8) 0.007
1-Octene 4.6 (3.8, 5.5) 7.7 (6.5, 9.2) <0.001
Ammonia 50.1 (44.1, 56.9) 67.4 (59.8, 75.9) 0.002
Hydrogen sulfide 0.35 (0.30, 0.40) 0.49 (0.43, 0.56) <0.001

Values presented as Mean (95% CL) and were obtained using ANCOVA analysis. The logarithm of each VOC was modeled as the outcome variable with obesity, age, height and Caucasian as the independent variables.