Table 3. Pairwise comparisons of trace element concentrations between populations.
Calcium | Zinc | Iron | Manganese | Copper | Arsenic | Lead | ||||||||
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Contrast | t (63) | p | t (63) | p | t (63) | p | t (63) | p | t (63) | p | t (63) | p | t (63) | p |
US—Namibia | 5.62 | < .001 | -1.43 | 0.634 | -0.99 | 0.653 | -5.27 | < .001 | 1.02 | 0.627 | -5.28 | < .001 | -3.01 | 0.013 |
US—Poland | 3.53 | 0.003 | -0.51 | 1.000 | 4.01 | 0.001 | 3.74 | < .001 | -0.96 | 0.627 | -1.83 | 0.072 | -2.20 | 0.062 |
US—Argentina | 1.70 | 0.187 | -2.60 | 0.070 | 2.81 | 0.020 | -6.16 | < .001 | -2.83 | 0.032 | -3.81 | 0.001 | 3.06 | 0.013 |
Namibia—Poland | -3.43 | 0.003 | 1.12 | 0.803 | 3.57 | 0.003 | 7.75 | < .001 | -1.65 | 0.314 | 4.19 | < .001 | 1.64 | 0.107 |
Namibia—Argentina | -4.68 | < .001 | -0.36 | 1.000 | 3.05 | 0.014 | 1.13 | 0.261 | -3.09 | 0.018 | 2.82 | 0.019 | 5.34 | < .001 |
Poland—Argentina | -1.63 | 0.187 | -2.20 | 0.156 | -0.95 | 0.653 | -9.98 | < .001 | -2.00 | 0.198 | -2.19 | 0.065 | 5.29 | < .001 |