Table 2.

Results of statistically significant differences between the patient groups enrolled in the study (n = 22) in the nonparametric Mann–Whitney U test. Abbreviations: r—the rank-biserial correlation, CI—a confidence interval, and p—the probability value (p-value).

Element	p	loge W(Mann–Whitney)	r	CI95%
Cs	0.030	4.36	0.62	0.18; 0.96
Eu	0.095	4.26	0.48	0.04; 0.94
Hf	0.025	4.37	0.65	0.30; 0.96
Nd	0.050	4.32	0.56	0.16; 0.94
Rb	0.002	4.51	0.90	0.62; 1.00
V	0.007	4.44	0.77	0.25; 1.00
Zr	0.043	4.33	0.58	0.20; 0.90
Mn	0.051	3.04	−0.56	−1.00; −0.16
Hg	0.011	2.56	−0.73	−0.92; −0.28