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Table 3 Statistical comparison of ethanol concentrations between ASB and FVB

From: The comparative and correlation study of postmortem ethanol levels between axillosubclavian blood and femoral venous blood in forensic autopsy cases at Thammasat University Hospital, Thailand

Comparative and correlation study (n)

Wilcoxon rank-sum test

Pairwise correlation coefficient

FVB-ASB (100)

0.6761

 < 0.001

(r = 0.9818)

Subgroup analysis of FVB-ASB classified by fixation of lividity

 Unfixed (51)

0.4885

 < 0.001 (r = 0.9751)

 Fixed (49)

0.9688

 < 0.001

(r = 0.9872)

Subgroup analysis of FVB-ASB classified by phases of absorption at different ethanol concentration ratios of VH/FVB

 VH/FVB ratio < 1.00

0.7052

 < 0.001

(r = 0.9872)

 VH/FVB ratio ≥ 1.00

0.8055

 < 0.001

(r = 0.9838)

 VH/FVB ratio < 1.18

0.4193

 < 0.001

(r = 0.9818)

 VH/FVB ratio ≥ 1.18

0.9140

 < 0.001

(r = 0.9751)

 VH/FVB ratio < 1.14

0.4958

 < 0.001

(r = 0.9815)

 VH/FVB ratio ≥ 1.14

0.8005

 < 0.001

(r = 0.9881)