. 2020 Oct 1;199(8):2811–2818. doi: 10.1007/s12011-020-02410-6

Table 2.

The content of zinc, copper, selenium, cadmium, and copper/zinc ratio in tissue samples of aortic aneurysms and in the control samples

Mineral component	AA control (n = 20) A	AAA (n = 47) B	TA control (n = 20) C	TAA (n = 61) D
Cu (μg/g)	1.75 ± 0.69 (0.94–3.03) 1.73 (1.20, 2.11)	2.15 ± 1.39 (0.82–5.81) 1.46 (1.11, 2.66)	1.19 ± 0.25 (0.59–1.56) 1.20 (1.04, 1.40)	1.04 ± 0.32 ^# (0.54–2.53) 1.01 (0.82, 1.15)
Zn (μg/g)	29.9 ± 18.88 (8.28–73.35) 22.85 (15.16, 40.06)	18.54 ± 12.3* (1.02–51.22) 14.05 (10.07, 25.67)	14.71 ± 2.64 (10.82–18.34) 15.37 (11.58, 17.23)	12.9 ± 4.05 * (5.34–26.29) 12.48 (10,28, 14.68)
Cu/Zn molar ratio	0.073 ± 0.034 (0.029–0.166) 0.067 (0.058, 0.070)	0.180 ± 0.227 ^ (0.038–1.084) 0.110 (0.078, 0.141)	0.085 ± 0.023 (0.045–0.128) 0.086 (0.071, 0.099)	0.085 ± 0.019 (0.031–0.138) 0.084 (0.072, 0.094)
Se (ng/g)	183.65 ± 84.09 (94.56–397.55) 190,12 (125.9, 210.1)	222.63 ± 108.42 (67.93–375.35) 195.61 (126.5, 347.5)	234.14 ± 32.32 (163.11–286.61) 231.42 (215.9, 256.1)	216.60 ± 64.23 * (108.76–380.59) 206.98 (172.8, 242.0)
Cd (ng/g)	71.01 ± 26.28 (15.31–98.20) 70.54 (62.72, 90.79)	60.06 ± 32.26 (21.24–140.73) 51.87 (32.18, 82.95)	68.66 ± 28.88 (21.15–110.81) 69.64 (49.36, 90.85)	62.45 ± 40.72 (11.12–188.42) 50.01 (34.37, 80.26)
Pb (ng/g)	208.41 ± 205.23 (36.82–678.71) 105.29 (66.42, 309.0)	205.03 ± 202.73 (20.85–870.98) 149.45 (92.76, 247.4)	251.91 ± 126.76 (83.84–498.29) 211.99 (166.7, 321.1)	366.55 ± 238.20 * (11.81–950.25) 303.1 (200.12, 470.8)
p value	*p_A/B < 0.05 ^p_A/B < 0.005	*p_C/D < 0.05 #p_C/D < 0.02

Mineral component

AA control (n = 20) A

AAA (n = 47) B

TA control (n = 20) C

TAA (n = 61) D

Average ± SD (min.-max.) median (Q1, Q3)

Cu (μg/g)

1.75 ± 0.69 (0.94–3.03)

1.73 (1.20, 2.11)

2.15 ± 1.39 (0.82–5.81)

1.46 (1.11, 2.66)

1.19 ± 0.25 (0.59–1.56)

1.20 (1.04, 1.40)

1.04 ± 0.32 ^# (0.54–2.53)

1.01 (0.82, 1.15)

Zn (μg/g)

29.9 ± 18.88 (8.28–73.35)

22.85 (15.16, 40.06)

18.54 ± 12.3* (1.02–51.22)

14.05 (10.07, 25.67)

14.71 ± 2.64 (10.82–18.34)

15.37 (11.58, 17.23)

12.9 ± 4.05 * (5.34–26.29)

12.48 (10,28, 14.68)

Cu/Zn molar ratio

0.073 ± 0.034 (0.029–0.166)

0.067 (0.058, 0.070)

0.180 ± 0.227 ^ (0.038–1.084)

0.110 (0.078, 0.141)

0.085 ± 0.023 (0.045–0.128)

0.086 (0.071, 0.099)

0.085 ± 0.019 (0.031–0.138)

0.084 (0.072, 0.094)

Se (ng/g)

183.65 ± 84.09 (94.56–397.55)

190,12 (125.9, 210.1)

222.63 ± 108.42 (67.93–375.35)

195.61 (126.5, 347.5)

234.14 ± 32.32 (163.11–286.61)

231.42 (215.9, 256.1)

216.60 ± 64.23 * (108.76–380.59)

206.98 (172.8, 242.0)

Cd (ng/g)

71.01 ± 26.28 (15.31–98.20)

70.54 (62.72, 90.79)

60.06 ± 32.26 (21.24–140.73)

51.87 (32.18, 82.95)

68.66 ± 28.88 (21.15–110.81)

69.64 (49.36, 90.85)

62.45 ± 40.72 (11.12–188.42)

50.01 (34.37, 80.26)

Pb (ng/g)

208.41 ± 205.23 (36.82–678.71)

105.29 (66.42, 309.0)

205.03 ± 202.73 (20.85–870.98)

149.45 (92.76, 247.4)

251.91 ± 126.76 (83.84–498.29)

211.99 (166.7, 321.1)

366.55 ± 238.20 * (11.81–950.25)

303.1 (200.12, 470.8)

p value

*p_A/B < 0.05

^p_A/B < 0.005

*p_C/D < 0.05

#p_C/D < 0.02

AA abdominal aorta, AAA abdominal aortic aneurysm, TA thoracic aorta, TAA thoracic aortic aneurysm, SD standard deviation, Q1 lower quartile, Q3 upper quartile, p level of significance

^{*,#,^} differences between control and aortic aneurysm tissues