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Table 4 The levels of micronutrients at each week of anti-leishmaniasis treatments

From: Micronutrient levels and their effects on the prognosis of visceral leishmaniasis treatment, a prospective cohort study

Micronutrients

Before treatments

At 1st week

At 2nd week

At 3rd week

At 4th week

P-value

Normal reference range

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Lower value

Upper value

Zinc in (mcg/dl)

86.43

25.80

91.31

18.98

98.37

11.28

93.94

17.85

85.56

23.69

0.66

70

125

Iodine in (mcg/l)

85.21

43.81

86.71

27.49

94.63

24.85

110.98

28.75

141.44

35.52

< 0.01

150

249

Iron in (mcg/dl)

63.61

38.10

58.61

26.04

53.92

22.37

58.72

22.80

66.92

35.35

0.02

60

170

Selenium in (ng/ml)

92.00

49.30

93.46

32.83

101.76

29.64

101.61

27.08

103.14

27.39

0.01

70

150

Vitamin A in (mcg/dl)

35.45

21.73

38.44

17.19

32.89

19.81

36.35

26.26

34.99

18.70

0.06

15

60

Vitamin D in (ng/ml)

34.84

19.49

32.55

17.39

33.86

21.72

31.30

16.31

30.79

17.87

< 0.01

20

40