Table 4.
Correlations between different cortisol samples.
| Sample | Right-ECC (pg/mg) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | P-value | Left-ECC (pg/mg) | ||||
| Left-ECC (pg/mg) | 0.31φ | 0.06 | R | P-value | HCC (pg/mg) | |
| HCC (pg/mg) | 0.39δ/0.22φ | 0.03∗/0.17 | 0.01φ | 0.92 | R | P-value |
| SCC (pg/ml) | -0.17φ | 0.27 | 0.18φ | 0.27 | 0.19φ | 0.31 |
∗:p<0.05 was significant. δ: R value was calculated using Pearson correlation. φ: R value was calculated using Spearman Correlation. The Right−ECC was obtained using an earwax self-sampling device and the Left−ECC was using a clinical syringing method (The Reiner−Alexander syringe).