\begin{table}%t9 \caption{\label{ta:fase}Mean physical properties of the clumps and star formation indicators in diffuse, peaked and multiply peaked clouds.} \par %\centering \par \begin{tabular}{lccc} \hline \hline \noalign{\smallskip} &Diffuse & Peaked & Multiply peaked\\ \hline Mass (${M_\odot}$) &{\it 230}\tablefootmark{a} & 185 & 150\\ Size (pc) &{\it 0.52}\tablefootmark{a} & 0.36 & 0.30\\ $N_{\rm N_{H_2}}$ ($10^{22}\;$cm$^{-2}$) &{\it 4.5}\tablefootmark{a} &5.5&8.5\\ $T_{\rm rot}$ (K)& 13.5 & 15.7 & 17.5\\ $\Delta v$ (km~s$^{-1}$)& 1.2 & 1.4 & 1.6 \\ IRDC corr.\tablefootmark{b} (within 2\arcmin) & 83\% & 50\% & 70\%\\ 24 $\mu$m\tablefootmark{c} (within 1\arcmin)& 17\% & 83\% & 100\%\\ Ext. 4.5 $\mu$m \tablefootmark{d} (within 1\arcmin)& none & none & 29\%\\ Masers\tablefootmark{e} (within 1\arcmin) &none & ${\rm H_2O}$ 25\%& ${\rm H_2O}$ 57\%\\ &&& ${\rm CH_3OH}$ 29\%\\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot {\tablefoottext{a}{As most diffuse clouds contained no clumps, we derived the sizes from the smoothed bolometer maps of the diffuse clouds. These are therefore not properties of the clumps in diffuse clouds, but properties of the diffuse clouds themselves;} \tablefoottext{b}{catalogs of \citet{simon:2006a} and \citet{simon:2006b};} \tablefoottext{c}{${>}100~{\rm MJy~sr^{-1}}$;} \tablefoottext{d}{extended 4.5~$\mu$m sources from the catalog of \citet{cyganowski:2008};} \tablefoottext{e}{H$_2$O: \citet{jaffe:1981} and this work, CH$_3$OH: \citet{szymczak:2000}.}} \end{table}