Table 3.

Correlation coefficients between the chosen indices of the body status of Zn, Cu, and Mg in animals treated per os with 10 mg Cd/kg b.w. and supplemented with 40 mg Mg/kg b.w. daily for 4 weeks.

	Cd group(1)			Cd + Mg group(2)
	Mg blood	Mg liver	Mg kidney	Mg blood	Mg liver	Mg kidney
Zn blood	0.210	−0.137	0.719*	0.712*	−0.146	−0.124
Cu blood	−0.159	−0.222	0.166	0.098	0.412	−0.074
Zn liver	0.527	0.492	0.392	−0.218	0.685*	0.320
Cu liver	−0.132	0.340	0.511	−0.269	0.671*	0.200
Zn kidney	−0.322	−0.449	0.592	0.167	−0.061	0.045
Cu kidney	−0.406	−0.422	0.789*	−0.037	−0.009	0.662§

⁽¹⁾Cd group intoxicated orally every day for 4 weeks with 10 mg Cd/kg b.w.

⁽²⁾Cd + Mg group given 40 mg Mg/kg b.w. 1 h after Cd treatment.

Pearson correlation (r, p); *P < 0.05; ^§ P < 0.06  (N = 8).