. 2021 Feb 12;7(2):e05487. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05487

Table 2.

Smokeless tobacco-induced changes in plasma biochemical profile.

Parameter		Groups
	Controls	Smokeless tobacco users
	Controls	Gutkha chewers	Khaini chewers
Amino acids (mg/dL)	5.12 ± 0.98	3.72 ± 0.33∗	3.67 ± 0.38∗
Glycolipids (mg/dL)	277.26 ± 19.69	239.08 ± 12.52∗	222.27 ± 14.27^$
Iron (μg/dL)	127.23 ± 19.15	118.23 ± 10.61^NS	116.63 ± 12.71^NS
Phospholipids (mg/dL)	225.30 ± 15.58	239.87 ± 11.23∗	237.45 ± 12.13^NS

Data are represented as the mean ± SD. ∗ denotes that data are significantly different from controls and $ denotes that data are significantly different from controls and gutkha groups.