Table 4.

Correlations among serum zinc versus total proteins, albumin, globulin, and albumin/globulin ratio

	Serum zinc versus
	Total proteins	Albumin	Globulin	Albumin/globulin ratio
r	0.0951	0.3352	0.3906	0.3016
p	0.4981	0.0141*	0.0041*	0.0043*

Statistical parameters after univariate linear regression model: r=0.4, α (bilateral)=0.05, β=0.10, and *p=significant.