Table 2: Descriptive results between the prostate cancer patients and normal subjects.

Element	Control (n=30)		Patients (n=58)		P
	Mean	St. Dev.	Mean	St. Dev.
Cd	0.0011	0.001	0.0015	0.001	0.63
Cu	0.85	0.14	1.34	0.32	0.001
Se	1.93	0.32	0.53	0.25	0.001
Zn	2.64	0.56	0.73	0.41	0.001