Table 4. Statistically significant differences among the mean peak area of identified VOCs in exhaled breath study groups .
Pair groups | C-N | C-P | C-S | N-P | N-S | P-S |
Acetaldehyde | 0.026 | 0.050 | 0.048 | 0.003 | 0.801 | 0.015 |
2-methyle propane | 0.014 | 0.232 | 0.001 | 0.999 | 0.912 | 0.995 |
Ethylamine | 0.987 | 0.068 | 0.038 | 0.105 | 0.087 | 0.741 |
2-methyle 1-proanol | 0.088 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.515 | 0.066 | 1.000 |
2-pentene | 0.582 | 0.056 | 0.001 | 0.259 | 0.030 | 0.991 |
Isoprene | 0.046 | 0.984 | 0.032 | 0.042 | 0.987 | 0.034 |
Acetone | 0.256 | 0.792 | 0.042 | 0.247 | 0.771 | 0.078 |
2-propanol | 0.001 | 0.237 | 0.046 | 0.003 | 0.888 | 0.001 |
1-3 cyclopentadiene | 1.000 | 0.021 | 0.001 | 0.021 | 0.001 | 0.855 |
1-3 cyclohexadiene | 0.802 | 1.000 | 0.023 | 0.953 | 0.204 | 0.366 |
Decane | 0.004 | 0.713 | 0.011 | 0.765 | 0.958 | 0.983 |
Acetonitrile | 0.712 | 0.173 | 0.001 | 0.050 | 0.001 | 0.970 |
3-methyle pentane | 0.548 | 0.610 | 0.049 | 0.967 | 0.997 | 0.998 |
Butene | 1.000 | 0.852 | 0.991 | 0.848 | 0.793 | 0.761 |
1-3 butadiene | 0.001 | 0.999 | 0.987 | 0.035 | 0.001 | 0.985 |
2-4 hexadiene | 0.437 | 0.815 | 0.001 | 1.000 | 0.001 | 0.004 |
3-chloro methane | 0.238 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.693 | 0.198 | 1.000 |
Octane | 0.269 | 0.111 | 0.004 | 0.607 | 0.368 | 0.986 |
Benzene | 0.662 | 0.236 | 0.031 | 0.049 | 0.001 | 0.983 |
Acetic acid | 0.788 | 9.468 | 0.968 | 0.789 | 0.479 | 0.308 |
2-5 dimethyl furan | 0.452 | 0.048 | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.001 | 1.000 |
Propanthiol | 0.001 | 0.184 | 0.001 | 0.944 | 0.439 | 0.499 |
3-hydroxy 2-butanone | 0.006 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.359 | 0.037 | 0.999 |
Heptanoic acid | 0.128 | 0.125 | 0.006 | 0.779 | 0.720 | 0.981 |
Nitro propane | 1.000 | 0.001 | 1.000 | 0.001 | 1.000 | 0.001 |
Toluene | 0.996 | 0.817 | 0.005 | 0.879 | 0.010 | 0.727 |
Hexanal | 0.001 | 0.282 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.786 | 0.001 |
Pentadecane | 0.001 | 0.015 | 0.001 | 0.993 | 0.515 | 0.720 |
Butanoic acid | 0.001 | 1.000 | 0.999 | 0.027 | 0.001 | 0.999 |
Ethyl benzene | 0.132 | 0.036 | 0.986 | 0.001 | 0.204 | 0.014 |
Xylene | 0.351 | 0.009 | 0.204 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.012 |
2-heptanone | 0.880 | 1.000 | 0.563 | 0.937 | 0.953 | 0.886 |
Styrene | 0.976 | 0.010 | 0.681 | 0.019 | 0.905 | 0.044 |
Furan methanol | 0.077 | 0.493 | 0.187 | 1.000 | 0.945 | 0.990 |
Dimethyl benzene | 0.015 | 0.002 | 0.007 | 0.050 | 0.760 | 0.021 |
Nonanal | 0.003 | 0.038 | 0.047 | 0.001 | 0.512 | 0.001 |
C: Exposure group N: Negative control P: Positive control S: Smoker group