Table 2.

The concentration of the elements in the different peripheral blood components from rats in the different groups

Element	Control group (n=8)	Low-dose group (n=8)	Medium-dose group (n=8)	High-dose group (n=8)	P
Whole blood (ng/mL)
Se	386.69±44.82b,c,d	762.05±163.43a	1631.57±255.25a,d	5351.87±1752.80a,b,c	<0.001
Cd	1.48±1.82d	2.93±1.88d	14.55±4.55d	99.69±45.19a,b,c	<0.001
Mo	30.76±7.14c,d	138.33±90.39c,d	1073.95±416.29a,b,d	4509.64±1417.70a,b,c	<0.001
Plasma (ng/mL)
Se	158.77±14.74c,d	236.35±39.42c,d	412.48±50.71a,b,d	695.41±138.07a,b,c	<0.001
Cd	0.64±0.55d	1.03±0.64d	3.36±1.35d	63.20±30.10a,b,c	<0.001
Mo	20.36±5.06d	101.28±62.26d	685.86±252.18d	4230.80±1497.40a,b,c	<0.001
RBCs (ng/g)
Se	440.16±81.40d	834.78±171.76d	2377.03±815.96d	8539.23±3112.16a,b,c	<0.001
Cd	1.87±0.84d	6.22±1.57d	22.07±7.44d	108.84±49.18a,b,c	<0.001
Mo	6.15±2.30c,d	9.76±3.57c,d	62.52±36.87a,b,d	228.33±62.59a,b,c	<0.001
PBMCs (ng/106 cells)
Se	1.67±0.45b,c,d	3.44±1.25a	4.44±2.78a	4.83±1.58a	0.005
Cd	0.11±0.05d	0.08±0.04d	0.16±0.10d	0.21±0.10a,b	0.014
Mo	0.65±0.37	0.65±0.31	0.82±0.53	0.93±0.53	0.528

^aRepresents statistical significance (P<0.05) compared to the control group.

^bRepresents statistical significance (P<0.05) compared to the low-dose group.

^cRepresents statistical significance (P<0.05) compared to the medium-dose group.

^dRepresents statistical significance (P<0.05) compared to the high-dose group.