Table 2.

Serum level of Ca, Na, K, Zn, Fe, and Se between control and patient groups.

Elements	Patient	Control	p Value
Ca (mg/L)	52.06 ± 3.71	65.93 ± 2.57	<0.05*
Na (mg/L)	3503.6 ± 272.4	4096.3 ± 236.5	<0.05*
K (mg/L)	63.44 ± 5.33	102.54 ± 4.25	<0.001***
Zn (mg/L)	0.34 ± 0.02	0.52 ± 0.02	<0.001***
Fe (mg/L)	0.38 ± 0.03	0.46 ± 0.02	<0.05*

^* p < 0.05 and ***p < 0.001 indicates the level of significant difference between the control and patient groups.