Table 1 Mean and standard deviation of OM score, H₂S, CH₃CH and (CH₃)₂S

OM score

mean (SD)

2.10 (0.51)

1.23** (0.32)

1.20** (0.32)

1.37** (0.40)

1.33** (0.45)

1.40** (0.39)

1.46** (0.32)

1.43** (0.42)

1.47** (0.48)

1.50** (0.42)

Cont. (n = 15)

mean (SD)

1.87 (0.61)

1.70 (0.53)

1.90 (0.43)

1.90 (0.60)

2.00 (0.57)

2.00 (0.53)

2.11 (0.60)

2.00 (0.50)

2.03 (0.44)

1.93 (0.50)

H2S (ng/10ml)

mean (SD)

5.31 (4.89)

0.12** (0.28)

0.88** (1.28)

1.62** (2.43)

1.17** (1.11)

1.29** (1.12)

1.18** (0.84)

1.72* (1.39)

1.67** (1.05)

1.84* (1.62)

Cont. (n = 15)

mean (SD)

4.88 (6.61)

3.70 (7.24)

3.30 (3.83)

3.34 (3.36)

3.74 (3.89)

4.79 (4.67)

6.45 (8.36)

4.99 (4.65)

4.49 (4.65)

6.77 (5.96)

CH3SH (ng/10ml)

mean (SD)

1.42 (1.48)

0.04** (0.08)

0.14** (0.20)

0.28** (0.31)

0.27** (0.23)

0.27** (0.24)

0.21** (0.17)

0.32* (0.28)

0.30* (0.23)

0.30* (0.28)

Cont. (n = 15)

mean (SD)

1.21 (1.45)

0.61* (0.81)

0.80 (0.70)

0.94 (0.79)

1.07 (0.93)

1.40 (1.28)

1.78 (1.76)

1.58 (1.49)

1.45 (1.50)

2.03* (1.51)

(CH3)2S (ng/10ml)

mean (SD)

0.40 (0.27)

0.02** (0.06)

0.05** (0.20)

0.10** (0.16)

0.09** (0.13)

0.12** (0.14)

0.10** (0.12)

0.12** (0.16)

0.13** (0.12)

0.10** (0.12)

Cont. (n = 15)

mean (SD)

0.33 (0.33)

0.22* (0.21)

0.28 (0.26)

0.29 (0.25)

0.34* (0.30)

0.46 (0.35)

0.52 (0.39)

0.43 (0.40)

0.42 (0.38)

0.53** (0.40)