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.

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
Element	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).