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Table 5 The influence of the significant study parameters on the discriminatory VOC profiles

From: The use of exhaled air analysis in discriminating interstitial lung diseases: a pilot study

Study Parameter

Comparison

p-value

Age

Controls vs. IPF

0.212

Age

IPF vs. CTD-ILD

0.219

Gender

CTD-ILD vs. Controls

0.072

Gender

IPF vs. CTD-ILD

0.814

Smoking

IPF vs. CTD

0.637

  1. Regularized MANOVA was used to test whether significant study parameters were influential. A p-value < 0.05 was considered significant