Table 4: Comparison of mean values (M ± SEM) of Br, Fe, Rb, Sr, and Zn concentration (mg/L) in prostate fluid of health men and patients with prostatitis.
Element | Condition | Ratios | |||
Norm n = 42 |
Prostatitis n = 33 |
Student's t-test p ≤ |
U-test* p |
Prostatitis to Norm |
|
Br | 2.81 ± 0.57 | 3.35 ± 0.69 | 0.546 | > 0.05 | 1.19 |
Fe | 8.29 ± 1.37 | 10.9 ± 2.3 | 0.342 | > 0.05 | 1.31 |
Rb | 1.15 ± 0.09 | 2.32 ± 0.30 | 0.0021 | < 0.01 | 2.02 |
Sr | 1.17 ± 0.16 | 1.57 ± 0.79 | 0.662 | > 0.05 | 1.34 |
Zn | 559 ± 32 | 382 ± 48 | 0.0030 | < 0.01 | 0.68 |
M: Arithmetic Mean; SEM: Standard Error of Mean; *: Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U-test; bold: Significant Difference (p ≤ 0.05).