Table 1.

Mean ages, gender and mean serum zinc, copper, magnesium and selenium levels of patient and control groups

Parameters	Patient group (n=34)	Control group (n=20)	p value
Age (years)	10.43±2.49	9.75±2.09	0.314
Gender (n, male/female)	17/17	12/8
Zinc (µg/dL)	990.5±354.2	321.0±130.9	0.000*
Copper (µg/dL)	146.3±28.95	163.0±40.79	0.087
Magnesium (mg/dL)	1.79±0.35	2.33±0.18	0.000*
Selenium (µg/dL)	38.79±14.54	40.25±14.78	0.724

^*Values significantly different between H. pylori positive children and control group (p<0.05)