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. 2019 Apr 16;8(4):101. doi: 10.3390/antiox8040101

Table 5.

Decreased lead (Pb) levels after 90 days of supplementation as compared with baseline levels.

Ba Median 25% 75% H
Control 0.17 0.1 0.33 H = 7.73, p = 0.021.
d0 0.54 0.25 0.84 * MW (* d0 vs. control, p = 0.05).
d90 0.28 0.2 0.36 MW (d90 vs. control, p = 0.11, n.s).
Pb Median 25% 75% H
Control 0.11 0.07 0.3 H = 3.41, p = 0.18, n.s.
d0 0.14 0.09 0.21
d90 0.085 0.05 0.14 # MW (# d90 vs. d0, p = 0.047).
Cd Median 25% 75% H
Control 0.009 0.009 0.010 H = 4.73, p = 0.094, n.s.
d0 0.009 0.009 0.009
d90 0.009 0.009 0.009 MW (d90 vs. control, p = 0.08, n.s).
Sb Median 25% 75% H
Control 0.01 0.01 0.018 H = 3.5, p = 0.16, n.s.
d0 0.01 0.01 0.01
d90 0.01 0.01 0.01
As Median 25% 75% H
Control 0.038 0.01 0.018 H = 0.9, p = 0.62, n.s.
d0 0.028 0.022 0.042
d90 0.028 0.023 0.052
* p < 0.05 vs. Cont # p < 0.05 d90 vs. d0

These tables show percentile values (median, 25%, and 75%) in Kruskal Wallis analysis for several heavy metals/oligoelements (Hg++, Ag, Sn, Zn++, Cu++, Al, Cr, V, Co, and Ni), metabolic oligoelements (Se, Mo, Mn++, Li, Ge, S, P, I, Ca++, Sr, B, Na+, K+, Mg++, Rb, B, and Fe++), and metals of environmental exposure in Table 6 (Ba, As, Pt, Sb, Tl, To, Cd, Be, Bi, Zr, Pb, Cd, As, and U). The ANOVA data for V are shown by mean values ± S.E.M [the root square divided by n; n was the size sample; n = 16 (d90), n = 16 (d0), n = 21 controls]. Post hoc differences were evaluated by the Mann Whitney or Dunn’s method; Control: controls without dental materials and non-supplemented (n = 21); d0: patients with long-term titanium implants and dental amalgam fillings restorations (d0, n = 16); d90: patients with long-term titanium implants and dental amalgams after 90 days of supplementation (n = 16); n.s: not significant effect, p > 0.05). * p < 0.05 vs. Control; # p < 0.05 d90 vs. d0).