Summary of data to evaluate relationships of urinary elemental concentrations with gender and diet regimesa.
| Na | Mg | K | Ca | Co | Cu | Zn | As | Rb | Sr | Mo | Pb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of gender (male versus female) | |||||||||||||
| Mean/mean | Male/fem | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Median/median | Male/fem | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| P | Male vs. fem | 0.91 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.67 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.55 | 0.26 |
| Evaluation of diet (no-meat and no-milk versus omnivorous) | |||||||||||||
| Mean/mean-omv | No-meat | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Median/median-omv | No-meat | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| P (vs. omv) | No-meat | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.79 | 0.10 | 0.82 | 0.15 | 0.66 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.37 | 0.003 |
| Mean/mean-omv | No-dairy | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Median/median-omv | No-dairy | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 8.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| P (vs. omv) | No-dairy | 1.00 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 3 × 10 −7 | 0.78 | 0.06 | 0.50 | 0.04 | 0.30 | 0.95 | 0.20 |
a
The P values were obtained using standard Student's t-test procedures. Results that may be indicative of significant differences between genders or diet groups are highlighted in bold.