Table 2.
Spearman’s rank correlations coefficient between sera elemental concentrations and age before and after treatment.
| Element | Before Treatment | After Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| B (μg/L) | −0.3196 | −0.1383 |
| Ba (μg/L) | −0.0804 | 0.2112 |
| Ca (mg/L) | −0.6870 * | −0.0848 |
| Co (μg/L) | −0.1552 | -0.2953 |
| Cr (μg/L) | −0.0206 | 0.0183 |
| Cu (mg/L) | −0.4792 | −0.1528 |
| Fe (mg/L) | −0.1690 | 0.4110 |
| K (mg/L) | −0.0938 | 0.4749 |
| Li (mg/L) | −0.1287 | −0.1190 |
| Mg (mg/L) | −0.1759 | 0.7425 * |
| Mn (μg/L) | 0.0756 | 0.2425 |
| Na (%) | −0.1721 | −0.2910 |
| Ni (μg/L) | 0.0655 | −0.1432 |
| Pb (μg/L) | 0.3569 | 0.1212 |
| PO4 (mg/L) | −0.5525 | 0.5845 |
| Rb (mg/L) | 0.0823 | 0.5332 |
| SO4 (%) | −0.7875 ** | −0.0277 |
| Sr (μg/L) | −0.3836 | −0.0274 |
| V (μg/L) | 0.0742 | 0.2268 |
| Zn (mg/L) | −0.0206 | 0.2151 |
Spearman’s rank correlations coefficient between sera elemental concentrations and age before and after treatment were calculated using GraphPad Prism v 7.03 Significantly different from samples before treatment, p value: 0.033 (*), 0.002 (**).