Biological specimens | Non smokers | smokers | |||||
Referents | T.B patients | Pneumonia | Referents | T.B patients | Pneumonia | ||
Zinc | |||||||
Scalp hairs (µg/g) | 239 ± 16.4 230 - 249 | 145 ± 15.2 137 - 152 | 134 ± 9.35 128 - 137 | 207 ± 19.5 195 - 215 | 143 ± 8.02 139 - 146 | 125 ± 7.92 121 - 129 | |
Blood (mg/L) | 5.90 ± 0.22 5.83 - 5.97 | 4.60 ± 0.31 4.50 - 4.75 | 4.32 ± 0.22 4.25 - 4.41 | 5.54 ± 0.20 5.47 - 5.65 | 4.30 ± 0.24 4.19 - 4.42 | 4.10 ± 0.20 3.99 - 4.20 | |
Serum(mg/L) | 1.19 ± 0.19 1.10 - 1.28 | 0.96 ± 0.09 0.90 - 1.02 | 0.81 ± 0.10 0.75 - 0.85 | 1.12 ± 0.15 1.06 - 1.17 | 0.85 ± 0.09 0.79 - 0.89 | 0.70 ± 0.05 0.67 - 0.74 | |
Sputum (µg/L) | 365 ± 13.5 357 - 372 | 230 ± 7.44 226 - 234 | 199 ± 9.90 195 - 205 | 335 ± 12.4 327 - 340 | 215 ± 7.32 212 - 219 | 182 ± 7.52 178 - 185 | |
Saliva (µg/L) | 138 ± 12.7 132 - 145 | 106 ± 12.9 99.2 - 113 | 90.0 ± 7.41 86.7 - 94.0 | 126 ± 9.85 120 - 132 | 89.9 ± 5.79 87.3 - 93.0 | 72.5 ± 7.75 68.9 - 75.2 | |
Nasal Fluid (µg/L) | 167 ± 20.3 161 - 173 | 115 ± 7.66 112 - 119 | 109 ± 7.62 105 - 114 | 160 ± 17.7 153 - 168 | 110 ± 5.90 107 - 113 | 96.0 ± 6.22 92.9 - 99.2 | |
Iron | |||||||
Scalp hairs (µg/g) | 41.1 ± 3.33 40.3 - 42.3 | 35.5 ± 1.91 32.9 - 36.4 | 33.7 ± 1.60 32.8 - 34.9 | 36.4 ± 2.38 35.0 - 37.9 | 33.5 ± 0.95 32.9 - 33.9 | 31.7 ± 0.80 31.2 - 32.3 | |
Blood (mg/L) | 483 ± 18.5 474 - 495 | 425 ± 13.2 419 - 433 | 415 ± 9.52 409 - 419 | 443 ± 16.2 435 - 451 | 399 ± 8.41 394 - 403 | 369 ± 7.50 364 - 374 | |
Serum(mg/L) | 3.89 ± 0.65 3.59 - 4.19 | 2.92 ± 0.41 2.73 - 3.12 | 2.55 ± 0.35 2.41 - 2.72 | 3.56 ± 0.52 3.30 - 3.82 | 2.69 ± 0.39 2.50 - 2.92 | 2.42 ± 0.25 2.29 - 2.55 | |
Sputum (µg/L) | 1.38 ± 0.25 1.25 - 1.52 | 1.29 ± 0.05 1.21 - 1.32 | 1.20 ± 0.05 1.16 - 1.24 | 1.27 ± 0.20 1.20 - 1.34 | 1.13 ± 0.05 1.09 - 1.16 | 1.05 ± 0.05 1.02 - 1.04 | |
Saliva (µg/L) | 0.89 ± 0.09 0.85 - 0.91 | 0.72 ± 0.05 0.70 - 0.75 | 0.65 ± 0.06 0.63 - 0.68 | 0.83 ± 0.05 0.81 - 0.85 | 0.67 ± 0.05 0.65 - 0.70 | 0.59 ± 0.04 0.57 - 0.62 | |
Nasal Fluid (µg/L) | 1.21 ± 0.14 1.14 - 1.29 | 1.12 ± 0.02 1.09 - 1.13 | 1.05 ± 0.06 1.02 - 1.08 | 1.12 ± 0.12 1.05 - 1.18 | 1.00 ± 0.08 0.97 - 1.03 | 0.97 ± 0.05 0.95 - 0.99 | |