Table 1

Significant differences between the groups regarding laboratory findings of serum zinc and copper only N=90).

Laboratory findings	Cases	Controls	t-test	P-value
Laboratory findings	(mean± standard deviation)		t-test	P-value
Copper	180.1±32.4	114.5±18.5	7.245	<0.001^**
Zinc	60.1±22.6	102.1±18	6.262	<0.001^**
Total bilirubin	0.5±0.2	0.4±0.1	1.212	0.232
SGOT	28.3±12	29.1±11	0.07	0.789
SGPT	38.2±10	37.4±12	0.08	0.78
Albumin	3.9±0.5	4±0.5	0.431	0.668
Total protein	6.8±2	7.9±3	2.79	0.099
Urea	30.8±6.8	27.3±4	1.82	0.076
Creatinine	0.6±0.1	0.5±0.1	1.348	0.06

SGOT - serum glutamic-oxaloacetic yransaminase, SGPT - serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase,
↵** p>0.05 were statistically significant