Median, minimum and maximum value of means of Fe, Zn, Br, Rb, and Sr concentration (mg/L) in prostate fluid of health men and patients with prostatitis according to data from the literature.

Table 3: Median, minimum and maximum value of means of Fe, Zn, Br, Rb, and Sr concentration (mg/L) in prostate fluid of health men and patients with prostatitis according to data from the literature.

Condition	Element	Published data [Reference]			This work results
Condition	Element	Median of means (n)^*	Minimum of means M or M ± SD, (n)^**	Maximum of means M ± SD, (n)^**	M ± SD
Norm	Br	-	-	-	2.81 ± 2.88
	Fe	-	-	-	8.29 ± 7.49
	Rb	1.11 (1)	1.11 ± 0.57 (15) [26]	1.11 ± 0.57 (15) [26]	1.15 ± 0.51
	Sr	-	-	-	1.17 ± 0.83
	Zn	453 (19)	47.1(-) [30]	5185 ± 3737 (10) [31]	559 ± 204
Prostatitis	Br	-	-	-	3.35 ± 2.64
	Fe	-	-	-	10.9 ± 9.6
	Rb	2.26 (1)	2.26 ± 1.28 (18) [27]	2.26 ± 1.28 (18) [27]	2.32 ± 1.13
	Sr	-	-	-	≤ 1.57
	Zn	222 (7)	88.9 (29) [32]	564 ± 239 (10) [31]	382 ± 275

M: Arithmetic Mean; SD: Standard Deviation; (n)^*: Number of all References; (n)^**: Number of Samples.