Table 2 Displayed are the arithmetic means (M), standard deviations (SD), lower and upper border of 95%-confidence intervals (CI) as well as the p-values and effect sizes η2 of all parameters comparing the groups neutral, pleasant and disgusting odours.

From: Disgusting odours affect the characteristics of the Adaptive Force in contrast to neutral and pleasant odours

Parameter

odour

M ± SD

CI

Significance p

η2

AFmax (N)

Neutral

189.58 ± 40.63

164.38; 214.75

0.051

0.3341

Pleasant

201.70 ± 37.14

178.64; 224.72

Disgusting

219.85 ± 35.19

198.04; 241.66

AFisomax (N)

Neutral

185.95 ± 40.80

160.66; 211.23

< 0.001

0.6981

Pleasant

197.32 ± 34.52

175.92; 218.71

Disgusting

131.46 ± 30.03

112.85; 150.07

Ratio AFisomax to AFmax (%)

Neutral

98.39 ± 3.39

96.29; 100.49

< 0.0012

Pleasant

98.04 ± 2.33

96.59; 99.48

Disgusting

59.88 ± 10.26

53.52; 66.24

AFosc (N)

Neutral

145.70 ± 46.76

116.71; 174.68

< 0.001

0.6901

Pleasant

155.09 ± 31.87

135.34; 174.85

Disgusting

206.67 ± 38.03

183.10; 230.23

Ratio AFosc to AFmax (%)

Neutral

75.22 ± 10.22

68.89; 81.55

0.0012

Pleasant

77.04 ± 8.73

71.63; 82.45

Disgusting

93.86 ± 7.16

89.43; 98.30

Slope lg(N/s)

Neutral

1.97 ± 0.13

1.89; 2.06

0.485

0.0981

Pleasant

1.99 ± 0.09

1.94; 2.05

Disgusting

1.96 ± 0.12

1.89; 2.03

  1. 1Eta squared η2 of RM ANOVA; 2Friedman test. Significant results are displayed in bold.