Aluminum concentration per tumor region (mg/kg)
|
---|
|
Central
|
Peripheral
|
Normal
| |
Mean
|
1.88
|
2.10
|
1.68
|
p-value*
|
Standard deviation
|
3.60
|
5.67
|
11.1
|
0.88
|
|
Cancer regions grouped
|
Normal
| |
Mean
|
1.99
|
1.68
|
p-value*
|
Standard deviation
|
3.46
|
11.1
|
0.74
|
Two-by-two comparisons of the tumor regions
|
Mean difference
|
p-value*
| |
Central-Peripheral
|
0.67
|
0.96
| |
Central-Normal
|
0.83
|
0.97
| |
Peripheral-Normal
|
0.67
|
0.87
| |
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*Paired t-tests were used to evaluate the within-individual variations in Aluminum concentrations. Log-transformed (to base e) data were used (see statistics section) in order to conform to normality.