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Significant differences on comparisons of correlation coefficients of elements and their ratios between benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa)
| Correlated elements or elemental ratios |
Correlation coefficients in |
Z-score | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPH | PCa | |||
| Se & Fe | −0.13 | 0.76 | 2.15 | 0.03 |
| Ca/Zn & Zn/Cu | −0.63 | 0.22 | 2.39 | 0.017 |
| Ca/Zn & Zn/Fe | −0.57 | 0.37 | 2.55 | 0.01 |
| Ca/Zn & Ca/Cu | 0.44 | 0.88 | 2.25 | 0.024 |
| Ca/Fe & Ca/Cu | 0.63 | 0.93 | 2.24 | 0.025 |
| Fe/Se & Cu/Se | 0.56 | 0.93 | 2 | 0.045 |
