Table 4.

Comparison of serum levels of trace elements at baseline and week 12 post-treatment between female and male patients in the treatment group

Variable/sex		Treatment	P value
		Mean ± SEM
Fe Baseline (µg/d1)	Male	80.84 ± 6.76	0.033
	Female	59.00 ± 5.99
Fe Post-T (µg/d1)	Male	86.53 ± 6.04	0.430
	Female	79.00 ± 7.11
K baseline (mEq/L)	Male	3.92 ± 0.11	0.607
	Female	4.02 ± 0.14
K Post-T (mEq/L)	Male	4.11 ± 0.06	0.524
	Female	4.18 ± 0.09
Ca Baseline (mg/d1)	Male	9.16 ± 0.13	0.877
	Female	9.12 ± 0.23
Ca Post-T (mg/d1)	Male	9.61 ± 0.15	0.489
	Female	9.76 ± 0.12
Mg Baseline (mg/d1)	Male	2.07 ± 0.04	0.490
	Female	2.02 ± 0.05
Mg Post-T (mg/d1)	Male	2.15 ± 0.02	0.894
	Female	2.14 ± 0.03
P Baseline (mg/d1)	Male	3.35 ± 0.16	0.981
	Female	3.34 ± 0.34
P Post-T (mg/d1)	Male	3.67 ± 0.15	0.122
	Female	4.06 ± 0.17
Zn Baseline (µg/d1)	Male	97.53 ± 4.63	0.077
	Female	83.77 ± 5.66
Zn Post-T (µg/d1)	Male	103.76 ± 4.45	0.484
	Female	99.11 ± 4.47
Na Baseline (mEq/L)	Male	138.92 ± 1.32	0.856
	Female	138.55 ± 1.44
Na Post-T (mEq/L)	Male	141.92 ± 1.00	0.122
	Female	139.55 ± 9.8
Cu Baseline (µg/d1)	Male	105.69 ± 9.62	0.062
	Female	144.33 ± 19.10
Cu Post-T (µg/d1)	Male	96.15 ± 4.13	0.05
	Female	130.33 ± 14.66

Post-T post-treatment; SEM standard error of mean