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From: An olfactory demography of a diverse metropolitan population

Figure 8

Demographic differences in perceived odour pleasantness. a e, Differences in pleasantness rank of stimuli. Only statistically significant differences are shown. The test for statistical significance was a two-tailed Mann–Whitney test with a sequential Bonferroni correction called the Holm’s method to correct for multiple comparisons (p<0.0082) [59]. Odour names are labelled according to odour concentration: grey: low; black: high; (Ns: < 35 years: 195; > 35 years: 196; Women: 210; Men: 181; Asians: 31; African-Americans: 97; Caucasians: 178; Perfume users: 267; Non-perfume users: 112). Subjects were divided by age according to the median of 34.6 years, which is rounded to 35 years for labeling the figure.

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