Table 3.

Comparison of the mean serum levels of micro-nutrients in participants with mild and severe pre-eclampsia

Trace elements	Pre-eclampsia without severity findings (n = 24)	Pre-eclampsia with severity findings (n = 57)	p - value
	Mean value (SD)	Mean value (SD)
Copper(mg/l)	0.994 (0.519)	0.781 (0.586)	0.127
Zinc(mg/l)	0.300 (0.179)	0.453 (0.438)	0.105
Selenium (mg/l)	0.715 (0.743)	0.895 (0.698)	0.300
Manganese (mg/l)	0.0425 (0.071)	0.118 (0.122)	0.006
Magnesium(mg/l)	1.458 (0.889)	1.372 (1.022)	0.723