Differences in thermogram feature parameters across the serum sample groups.

<p>The thermogram feature parameters are identified at the top of each panel. The analysis of the data by a non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test revealed significant differences in the six thermogram parameters displayed in the figure (Area, p = 9.82E-3; T_max, p = 8.73E-3; Cp1^ex, p = 5.59E-3; Cp2^ex, p = 4.26E-4; Cp1^ex/ Cp2^ex, p = 5.92E-4; T_FM, p = 2.16E-3), indicating they can be used to distinguish the different serum groups, and also validated the utilization of post-hoc pairwise comparisons. Differences between the serum sample groups were examined for every thermogram parameter by the unpaired Mann-Whitney <i>U</i> test. The figure panels indicate “yes” or “no” to specify whether statistically significant differences occurred (the actual p values are shown in the panels).