Table 3: Differences in SPME-GC-MS peaks and concentrations of biomarkers between pairs of urine mixture samples for healthy volunteers, patients with bladder cancer, and patients with prostate cancer.

Peak #

Compound

parameters

Healthy volunteers

Bladder cancer
(post-antibiotic pro.)

Bladder cancer

Prostate cancer (endocrine therapy)

Prostate cancer

prostate cancer-mimic sample

H1–3

H4–6

post-TUR K:Um

pre-TUR K:Um

post-TUR N:Um

pre-TUR N:Um

post-RP Pe:Um

pre-RP Pe:Um

post-RP P:Um

pre-RP P:Um

Peak height (a.u. in the upper row) and concentration (ppb in the lower row) in the original urine mixture sample

81

Phenol

peak height

171

104

1,715

338

70

279

267

3,349

157

5,261

concentration (ppb)

49

30

489

96

20

80

76

955

45

1,500

334

m/z =  94.0; retention time (min) =  12.157 (12.477 for DB-5MS column; 32.663 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

1.24

0.76

12.4

2.45

0.51

2.03

1.94

24.3

1.14

38.2

8.5

relat.to_healthy #81

1.24

0.76

12.4

2.45

0.51

2.03

1.94

24.3

1.14

38.2

0.22

relat.to_#70

0.010

0.007

0.094

0.016

0.004

0.016

0.016

0.180

0.013

0.283

(/pre-RP)

101

Dimetyl succinate

peak height

74

68

705

240

153

125

222

3,236

212

8,464

concentration (ppb)

0.59

0.54

5.58

1.90

1.21

0.99

1.76

25.6

1.68

67.0

19.7

m/z =  115.0; retention time (min) =  13.995 (14.320 in DB-5MS column; 23.740 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

1.04

0.96

9.90

3.38

2.15

1.76

3.13

45.5

2.98

119

34.9

relat.to_healthy #81

0.54

0.49

5.11

1.74

1.11

0.91

1.61

23.5

1.54

61.4

0.29

relat.to_#70

0.005

0.004

0.04

0.01

0.01

0.007

0.01

0.17

0.02

0.46

(/pre-RP)

104

Acetophenone

peak height

1,471

1,154

12,159

1,304

1,156

1,079

5,428

5.1×104

3,979

8.2×104

concentration (ppb)

0.86

0.68

7.14

0.77

0.68

0.63

3.19

29.9

2.34

48.0

9.2

m/z =  105.0; retention time (min) =  15.073 (15.383 in DB-5MS column; 25.040 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

1.12

0.88

9.26

0.99

0.88

0.82

4.13

38.7

3.03

62.3

12.0

relat.to_healthy #81

10.7

8.37

88.2

9.45

8.39

7.82

39.4

369

28.9

593

0.19

relat.to_#70

0.09

0.08

0.67

0.06

0.07

0.06

0.33

2.74

0.32

4.40

(/pre-RP)

109

2-Phenyl-2-propanol

peak height

2,297

2,839

2.4×104

3,903

1,472

1,289

9413

9.5×104

8379

1.8×105

concentration (ppb)

2.00

2.47

20.5

3.40

1.28

1.12

8.19

82.7

7.29

160

16.3

m/z =  121.0; retention time (min) =  15.738 (16.081 in DB-5MS column; 27.607 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

0.89

1.11

9.18

1.52

0.57

0.50

3.67

37.0

3.26

71.6

7.3

relat.to_healthy #81

16.7

20.6

171

28.3

10.7

9.35

68.3

689

60.8

1,334

0.10

relat.to_#70

0.14

0.19

1.30

0.19

0.09

0.07

0.57

5.12

0.68

9.90

(/pre-RP)

119

3,5,5-Trimethyl-2-cyclohexenone

peak height

580

366

1.5×106

628

694

273

6.4×104

5.7×105

7.5×104

1.2×106

concentration (ppb)

0.14

0.09

352

0.15

0.16

0.06

15.3

135

17.8

290

128

m/z =  138.0; retention time (min) =  16.883 (17.288 in DB-5MS column; 23.787 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

1.23

0.77

3,148

1.33

1.47

0.58

136

1,206

159

2,592

1,142

relat.to_healthy #81

4.21

2.65

10,791

4.56

5.03

1.98

467

4,133

544

8,886

0.44

relat.to_#70

0.035

0.024

81.9

0.030

0.043

0.016

3.90

30.7

6.12

66.0

(/pre-RP)

123

Dimethyl glutarate

peak height

314

267

261

253

211

178

491

8229

648

2.2×104

concentration (ppb)

3.8

3.2

3.2

3.1

2.6

2.2

6.0

100

7.9

270

208

m/z =  129.0; retention time (min) =  17.369 (17.708 in DB-5MS column; 26.337 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

1.08

0.92

0.90

0.87

0.73

0.61

1.69

28.3

2.23

76.4

58.9

relat.to_healthy #81

2.28

1.93

1.89

1.84

1.53

1.29

3.56

59.7

4.70

161

0.77

relat.to_#70

0.019

0.018

0.014

0.012

0.013

0.010

0.030

0.443

0.053

1.20

(/pre-RP)

129

2,6-Xylidine

peak height

302

302

1,250

1,312

419

639

1,835

1.8×104

1,140

4.9×104

concentration (ppb)

not determined due to a significant desorption-resistant amount

+10.5

m/z =  121.0; retention time (min) =  18.263 (18.586 in DB-5MS column; 29.497 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

1.00

1.00

4.14

4.34

1.39

2.11

6.07

58.9

3.77

161

 

relat.to_healthy #81

2.19

2.19

9.06

9.52

3.04

4.63

13.31

129

8.27

352

relat.to_#70

0.018

0.020

0.069

0.063

0.026

0.037

0.11

0.96

0.093

2.61

(/pre-RP)

152

Piperitone

peak height

1,422

5,831

296

2,409

297

241

3,158

2.1×104

468

7.9×104

concentration (ppb)

0.83

3.41

0.17

1.41

0.17

0.14

1.85

12.3

0.27

46.0

9.3

m/z =  110.0; retention time (min) =  20.947 (21.336 in DB-5MS column; 27.057 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

0.39

1.61

0.08

0.66

0.08

0.07

0.87

5.78

0.13

21.7

4.4

relat.to_healthy #81

10.3

42.3

2.14

17.5

2.15

1.75

22.9

152

3.39

570

0.20

relat.to_#70

0.087

0.384

0.016

0.115

0.019

0.014

0.191

1.13

0.038

4.23

(/pre-RP)

155

2-Hydroxy-2-methylpropiophenone

peak height

153

98

134

130

124

122

631

5,959

1,157

1.5×104

concentration (ppb)

2.05

1.31

1.80

1.73

1.65

1.63

8.43

79.6

15.5

200

15.5

m/z =  105.0; retention time (min) =  21.7 (22.027 in DB-5MS column; 34.293 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

1.22

0.78

1.07

1.03

0.98

0.97

5.02

47.4

9.20

119

9.20

relat.to_healthy #81

1.11

0.71

0.97

0.94

0.90

0.88

4.58

43.2

8.39

109

0.08

relat.to_#70

0.009

0.006

0.007

0.006

0.008

0.007

0.038

0.32

0.094

0.81

(/pre-RP)

165

2,6-Di(propan-2-yl)phenol

peak height

122

111

68

140

369

4,693

130

1.6×104

160

2.6×104

concentration (ppb)

0.02

0.01

0.01

0.02

0.05

0.60

0.02

2.00

0.02

3.30

0.02

m/z =  163.0; retention time (min) =  23.76 (24.263 in DB-5MS column; 33.039 for InertCap Pure WAX column)

relat.to_healthy Um

1.05

0.95

0.58

1.20

3.16

40.2

1.12

134

1.37

222

1.37

relat.to_healthy #81

0.89

0.81

0.49

1.02

2.68

34.0

0.94

113

1.16

188

0.01

relat.to_#70

0.007

0.007

0.004

0.007

0.023

0.273

0.008

0.843

0.013

1.39

(/pre-RP)