Table 3 Slopes and intercepts of age-linked peaks of (a) semen (b) saliva (c) urine at 95% level of significance during the phase II drying.

From: Analysis of the ex-vivo transformation of semen, saliva and urine as they dry out using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometric approach

(a) Peak

Semen (100%)

Semen (40%)

Slopes (a.u/min)

Intercepts (a.u)

Significance (95%) (p value)

Slopes (a.u/min)

Intercepts (a.u)

Significance (95%) (p value)

2967.98

0.017

 − 0.32

 < 0.05

0.004

0.17

 < 0.05

1546.31

0.076

 − 1.77

 < 0.05

0.021

0.07

 < 0.05

1446

0.039

 − 0.90

 < 0.05

0.007

0.12

 < 0.05

1395.85

0.072

 − 1.78

 < 0.05

0.015

 − 0.04

 < 0.05

1243.46

0.038

 − 0.90

 < 0.05

0.006

0.11

 < 0.05

1065.99

0.055

 − 1.32

 < 0.05

0.015

 − 0.08

 < 0.05

(b) Peak

Saliva (100%)

Saliva (40%)

1546.31

 − 0.002

0.65

 < 0.05

 − 0.012

1.02

 < 0.05

1447.93

 − 0.002

0.40

 < 0.05

 − 0.012

0.74

 < 0.05

1403.07

 − 0.003

0.38

 < 0.05

 − 0.012

0.69

 < 0.05

1077.56

 − 0.002

0.42

 < 0.05

 − 0.011

0.69

 < 0.05

1042.84

 − 0.003

0.37

 < 0.05

 − 0.010

0.54

 < 0.05

(c) Peak

Urine (100%)

Urine (40%)

3346.07

 − 0.011

0.72

 < 0.05

 − 0.014

1.14

 < 0.05

1658.19

0.003

0.83

 < 0.05

0.002

0.85

 < 0.05

1156.65

0.003

0.18

 < 0.05

0.002

0.20

 < 0.05

1081.42

0.003

0.16

 < 0.05

0.001

0.22

 < 0.05

  1. P value is the measure of the statistical significance of the observed difference. In this table it indicates the significance of the slope and intercepts, which are less than 0.05 at 95% level of significance.
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