Table 2.
Concentrations of heavy metals and bioelements in men with and without metabolic syndrome (MS) (AM, arithmetic mean; SD, standard deviation; Med—median; p: probability for trend).
| Metal | MS (n = 161) | Without MS (n = 152) | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM (SD) | Med | Range | AM (SD) | Med | Range | ||
| Heavy Metals | |||||||
| Pb (mcg/L) | 75.17 (21.4) | 73.00 | 24.3–161.5 | 73.82 (21.7) | 71.05 | 28.0–138.5 | 0.46 |
| Cd (mcg/L) | 1.55 (0.32) | 1.59 | 0.59–3.06 | 1.53 (0.34) | 1.53 | 0.62–2.35 | 0.41 |
| As (mcg/L) | 7.83 (1.59) | 7.80 | 3.45–15.2 | 7.83 (1.61) | 7.97 | 2.48–12.5 | 0.67 |
| Hg (mcg/L) | 4.59 (0.92) | 4.61 | 0.15–9.10 | 4.51 (0.80) | 4.46 | 2.72–7.90 | 0.21 |
| W(mcg/L) | 0.62 (0.01) | 0.62 | 0.28–1.11 | 0.62 (0.01) | 0.62 | 0.42–0.83 | 0.67 |
| Bioelements | |||||||
| Mg (mg/L) | 20.6 (2.05) | 20.6 | 10.0–26.3 | 21.28 (2.37) | 21.15 | 13.8–37.5 | 0.02 |
| Ca (mg/L) | 95.06 (6.87) | 95.5 | 53.5–117 | 95.47 (8.06) | 95.25 | 75.5–159.6 | 0.38 |
| Fe (mg/L) | 1.19 (0.45) | 1.10 | 0.28–3.40 | 1.23 (0.43) | 1.47 | 0.29–3.0 | 0.35 |
| Zn (mg/L) | 0.90 (0.14) | 0,90 | 0.54–1.38 | 0.88 (0.12) | 0.86 | 0.62–1.41 | 0.03 |
| Cu (mg/L) | 1.08 (0.18) | 1.06 | 0.46–1.89 | 1.09 (0.18) | 1.07 | 0.53–1.75 | 0.60 |
| Cr (mcg/L) | 0.46 (0.18) | 0.44 | 0.26–1.23 | 0.47 (0.25) | 0.41 | 0.01–2.74 | 0.36 |
| Mo (mcg/L) | 2.47 (0.72) | 2.41 | 0.44–6.23 | 2.48 (0.55) | 2.34 | 0.10–4.53 | 0.60 |
| Mn (mcg/L) | 1.90 (1.17) | 1.67 | 0.12–10.75 | 1.79 (1.14) | 1.11 | 0.42–8.95 | 0.13 |
| Se (mcg/L) | 106.0 (13.0) | 106.30 | 49.7–138.1 | 105.2 (11.84) | 104.0 | 74.2–170.0 | 0.21 |