Table 5.

Correlation analyses between trace elements and other parameters^ᴪ

Parameter		Se [μg/l]	Zn [μg/dl]	Cu [μg/dl]
CRP [mg/dl]Ω	r	–0.015	–0.253*	0.589**
	p	0.894	0.018	0.001
Na [mEq/l]	r	0.04	0.021	0.13
	p	0.712	0.845	0.229
K [mEq/l]	r	–0.032	–0.08	0.099
	p	0.77	0.46	0.363
Ca [mg/dl]	r	0.031	0.122	–0.167
	p	0.774	0.259	0.121
P [mg/dl]	r	–0.078	–0.034	0.321**
	p	0.47	0.752	0.002
Mg [mg/dl]	r	0.12	0.169	0.041
	p	0.267	0.118	0.707
Fe [μg/dl]	r	0.248*	0.103	–0.207
	p	0.021	0.341	0.054
IMA [ΔABSU]	r	0.096	–0.211	0.488**
	p	0.377	0.05	0.001
Albumin [g/dl]	r	0.015	0.162	–0.404**
	p	0.893	0.134	0.001
IMA/ALB [AU]	r	0.087	–0.213*	0.503**
	p	0.421	0.048	0.001
CAT [kU/l]	r	0.08	0.280**	–0.714**
	p	0.461	0.009	0.001
MPO [U/l]	r	0.005	0.09	–0.152
	p	0.967	0.405	0.159
FOX [U/l]	r	–0.055	–0.011	0.394**
	p	0.612	0.92	0.001

^*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

^**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

^ᴪPearson correlation test

^ΩSpearman correlation analysis.