Table 3.

The correlations of the three element concentrations among the four peripheral blood components of rats

Element	Plasma	RBCs	PBMCs
Se (n=47)
Whole blood	0.888*	0.956*	0.430*
Plasma	-	0.842*	0.529*
RBCs	-	-	0.376*
Cd (n=47)
Whole blood	0.935*	0.941*	0.533*
Plasma	-	0.865*	0.604*
RBCs	-	-	0.495*
Mo (n=47)
Whole blood	0.962*	0.931*	0.229
Plasma	-	0.925*	0.257
RBC	-	-	0.160

^* P<0.05.