Table 2: Some basic statistical parameters of Fe, Zn, Br, Rb, and Sr concentration (mg/L) in prostate fluid of health men and patients with prostatitis.
Condition | Element | Mean | SD | SEM | Min | Max | Median | Per. 0.025 |
Per. 0.975 |
Norm 31-75 years n = 42 |
Br | 2.81 | 2.88 | 0.57 | 0.490 | 8.53 | 1.26 | 0.496 | 8.53 |
Fe | 8.29 | 7.49 | 1.37 | 1.27 | 39.8 | 7.47 | 1.29 | 22.9 | |
Rb | 1.15 | 0.51 | 0.09 | 0.376 | 2.45 | 1.05 | 0.424 | 2.38 | |
Sr | 1.17 | 0.83 | 0.16 | 0.400 | 3.44 | 1.15 | 0.400 | 3.19 | |
Zn | 559 | 204 | 32 | 253 | 948 | 549 | 254 | 941 | |
Prostatitis 37-65 years n = 33 |
Br | 3.35 | 2.64 | 0.69 | 0.120 | 9.85 | 2.98 | 0.201 | 8.73 |
Fe | 10.9 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 3.85 | 41.9 | 6.97 | 4.06 | 35.6 | |
Rb | 2.32 | 1.13 | 0.30 | 0.730 | 4.54 | 1.75 | 0.935 | 4.34 | |
Sr | ≤ 1.57 | - | - | 0.210 | 2.93 | - | - | - | |
Zn | 382 | 275 | 48 | 62.0 | 1051 | 295 | 75.0 | 950 |
M: Arithmetic Mean; SD: Standard Deviation; SEM: Standard Error of Mean; Min: Minimum Value; Max: Maximum Value; Per. 0.025: Percentile with 0.025 L; Per. 0.975: Percentile with 0.975 Level; DL: Detection Limit.