\begin{table}%t4 %\centering \par \caption{\label{tab.masses}Molecular gas masses, $\ratioo$ conversion factor and characteristic time to transform molecular gas into stars derived from IR emission.} \begin{tabular}{lrrrr} \hline \hline \noalign{\smallskip} & Total ${M_{{\rm H}_{2}}}$ & Map ${M_{{\rm H}_{2}}}$ & $\ratioo$ & $\tau$\\ & ${M_{\sun}}$& ${M_{\sun}}$ & ${\rm \frac{cm^{-2}}{{K\kms}}}$ & yr \\[1ex] \hline \noalign{\smallskip} ${\rm 8~\mu m}$ & $9.2\times10^6$ &$5.7\times10^6$ & $5.3\times10^{21}$ & $2.2\times10^8$\\ $160~{\rm \mu m}$& ${4.6\times10^{6}}$ & $3.4\times10^{6}$&$2.3\times10^{21}$ & $1.3\times10^8$ \\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{The second column refers to the area mapped in CO. The last column is the inverse of the SFE.} \end{table}