Table 6.

Zinc/ Copper, Zinc/ iron and Iron/ Copper mole ratio in biological samples (blood, serum, saliva, nasal fluid, sputum, scalp hairs) of smokers and nonsmokers referent and pulmonary Tuberculosis patients of both genders.

Biological specimens	Non Smokers				Smokers
	Male		Female		Male		Female
	Referents	T.B patients	Referents	T.B patients	Referents	T.B patients	Referents	T.B patients
Zn/ Cu
Scalp hairs	15.18	6.508	12.5	5.52	14.246	6.812	12.665	5.76
Blood	5.41	3.112	5.051	2.74	5.666	2.352	5.163	2.79
Serum	1.43	0.814	1.16	0.659	1.498	0.851	1.235	0.66
Sputum	0.568	0.392	0.459	2.328	0.593	0.276	0.465	0.23
Saliva	0.78	0.539	0.646	0.331	0.82	0.39	0.661	0.33
Nasal Fluid	0.679	0.466	0.495	0.298	0.723	0.435	0.484	0.29
Zn/ Fe
Scalp hairs	4.9631	3.724	4.588	3.58	4.5795	3.834	4.564	3.668
Blood	0.0104	0.011	0.01	0.011	0.0107	0.012	0.01	0.011
Serum	0.2611	0.364	0.273	0.294	0.2656	0.372	0.287	0.289
Sputum	222.3824	303.05	209	207	228.6029	211	209	206
Saliva	132.4023	196.397	132	135	137.0455	140	133	134
Nasal Fluid	119.8329	163.909	104	114	125.343	151	101	109
Fe/ Cu
Scalp hairs	3.058	1.748	2.723	1.542	3.111	1.777	2.775	1.569
Blood	0.519	0.272	0.483	0.246	0.531	0.201	0.497	0.255
Serum	0.00547	0.00224	0.00424	0.00224	0.00564	0.00229	0.0043	0.00228
Sputum	0.00256	0.00129	0.0022	0.01127	0.00259	0.00131	0.00223	0.00113
Saliva	0.00589	0.00274	0.00489	0.00246	0.00599	0.00279	0.00496	0.0025
Nasal Fluid	0.00567	0.00284	0.00474	0.00262	0.00577	0.00287	0.00478	0.00265