Table 6.

Partial correlation between changes from week 0 to week 2 in metal and metal metabolism markers adjusted for BMI and sex. p < 0.05 are shown in bold with positive associations (r > 0) shown in blue.

		Copper	Iron	Zinc	Cp-ferrox	Cp	Transferrin	Ferritin
Copper	r		0.114	0.358	0.572	0.235	−0.046	0.069
	p		0.251	<0.001	<0.001	0.016	0.642	0.492
Iron	r	0.114		0.204	0.040	−0.032	0.445	0.049
	p	0.251		0.036	0.687	0.745	<0.001	0.624
Zinc	r	0.358	0.204		0.309	0.173	0.191	−0.091
	p	<0.001	0.036		0.687	0.078	0.052	0.360
Cp-ferrox	r	0.572	0.040	0.309		0.187	0.093	0.041
	p	<0.001	0.687	0.687		0.056	0.346	0.676
Cp	r	0.235	−0.032	0.173	0.187		0.017	0.143
	p	0.016	0.745	0.078	0.056		0.864	0.147
Transferrin	r	−0.046	0.445	0.191	0.093	0.017		0.045
	p	0.642	<0.001	0.052	0.346	0.864		0.648
Ferritin	r	0.069	0.049	−0.091	0.041	0.143	0.045
	p	0.492	0.624	0.360	0.676	0.147	0.648