Table 1.
Elemental concentrations in sera of BD patients before and after treatment.
| Element | Element Concentration | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before Treatment | SD | After Treatment |
SD | Sum of Positive Ranks | Sum of Negative Ranks | Statistics p |
|
| B (µg/L) | 58 | 36 | 63 | 59 | 39 | −27 | 0.311 |
| Ba (µg/L) | 2.73 | 0.98 | 2.92 | 0.83 | 28.5 | −26.5 | 0.469 |
| Ca (mg/L) | 136 | 8.49 | 134 | 5.06 | 22 | −33 | 0.303 |
| Co (µg/L) | 0.65 | 0.32 | 0.63 | 0.34 | 12.5 | −15.5 | 0.492 |
| Cr (µg/L) | 6.01 | 4.73 | 3.93 | 2.20 | 17 | −49 | 0.087 |
| Cu (mg/L) | 1.61 | 0.17 | 1.51 | 0.25 | 6.5 | −29.5 | 0.054 |
| Fe (mg/L) | 6.6 | 5.5 | 14 | 24.83 | 29 | −26 | 0.460 |
| K (mg/L) | 764 | 479 | 898 | 562.4 | 35 | −31 | 0.449 |
| Li (mg/L) | 22 | 9.3 | 18 | 4.48 | 23.5 | −42.5 | 0.215 |
| Mg (mg/L) | 33 | 3.49 | 33 | 4.38 | 30.5 | −35.5 | 0.429 |
| Mn (µg/L) | 5.91 | 8.25 | 2.24 | 1.28 | 26 | −40 | 0.287 |
| Na (%) | 0.43 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.03 | 13.5 | −41.5 | 0.085 |
| Ni (µg/L) | 6.69 | 7.79 | 4.57 | 2.35 | 28 | −27 | 0.490 |
| Pb (µg/L) | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.76 | 0.66 | 25 | −11 | 0.203 |
| PO4 (mg/L) | 718 | 310 | 794 | 288.2 | 44 | −22 | 0.182 |
| Rb (mg/L) | 0.77 | 0.49 | 0.89 | 0.54 | 34 | −32 | 0.482 |
| SO4 (%) | 0.50 | 0.05 | 0.49 | 0.03 | 20.5 | −34.5 | 0.254 |
| Sr (µg/L) | 47 | 11.22 | 49 | 11.29 | 36 | −9 | 0.062 |
| V (µg/L) | 1.69 | 2.46 | 0.63 | 0.36 | 9 | −46 | 0.034 * |
| Zn (mg/L) | 1.22 | 0.28 | 1.40 | 0.90 | 29.5 | −36.5 | 0.389 |
Metals were extracted and determined in sera samples (n = 11 except B and Pb in which n = 8 and 9, respectively), as described in the materials and methods. * The effect of the treatment was analyzed utilizing nonparametric Exact One-tail Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test.