Table 2

Metals	Tissue samples		Urine samples
Metals	Non-cancerous group (mg/gm)	Cancerous group (mg/gm)	Non-cancerous group (mg/gm)	Cancerous group (mg/gm)
Cadmium Median IQR	0.0665 0.0099-0.1369	0.1097↑* 0.0085-1.573	0.0157 0.000-0.2347	0.0790↑* 0.0077-2.0513
Iron Median IQR	0.05895 0.2899-11.033	0.06741 0.7080-21.461	0.7462 0.0039-1.9883	0.01053*↓ 0.3945-4.953
Copper Median IQR	0.2380 0.0087-1.324	0.5785 0.0462-7.258	0.04013 0.0156-0.3506	0.1881↑* 0.0212-0.8967
Lead Median IQR	0.0904 0.0329-0.5270	0.1204 0.0497-1.521	0.0261 0.0181-0.0774	0.0296 0.0173-0.1002
Zinc Median IQR	0.01654 0.1872-2.9178	0.01671 0.5920-6.680	0.4391 0.0252-1.0271	0.3081 0.0877-1.572

*↑ significant increase (p < 0.05) *↓ significant reduction (p < 0.05) IQR: interquartile range

Table 2: Concentrations (mg/gm) of studied metals (Cd, Fe, Co, Pb, Zn) in tissue and urine samples of cancerous and non-cancerous groups (n=100).