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- Title
Correlation between Na/K ratio and electron densities in blood samples of breast cancer patients.
- Authors
Topdağı, Ömer; Toker, Ozan; Bakırdere, Sezgin; Bursalıoğlu, Ertuğrul Osman; Öz, Ersoy; Eyecioğlu, Önder; Demir, Mustafa; İçelli, Orhan
- Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the electron densities and Na/K ratio which has important role in breast cancer disease. Determinations of sodium and potassium concentrations in blood samples performed with inductive coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. Electron density values of blood samples were determined via ZXCOM. Statistical analyses were performed for electron densities and Na/K ratio including Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality tests, Spearman’s rank correlation test and Mann-Whitney U test. It was found that the electron densities significantly differ between control and breast cancer groups. In addition, statistically significant positive correlation was found between the electron density and Na/K ratios in breast cancer group.
- Subjects
BLOOD sampling; BREAST cancer diagnosis; ELECTRON density; INDUCTIVELY coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry; BLOOD plasma; BREAST cancer patients
- Publication
BioMetals, 2018, Vol 31, Issue 4, p673
- ISSN
0966-0844
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10534-018-0118-2