Calcium - Magnesium imbalance implicated in benign prostatic hyperplasia and restoration by a phytotherapeutic drug – Croton membranaceus Müll.Arg

Table 1 Table showing PSA differences as well as Ca, Mg and PO4 levels of the control and BPH group

	Mean ± SD Control group	Mean ± SD Treatment group (Before –BT)	Mean ± SD Treatment group (After – AT)	p-value
PSA ng/mL	1.0 ± 0.64	27.9 ± 19.0 ^b	16.2 ± 11.8 ^b	0.002
Mg mmol/L	0.8 ± 0.1 ^a	0.64 ± 0.18 ^a,b	0.77 ± 0.16 ^b	0.0001^a/0.0031 ^b
Ca mmol/L	2.30 ± 0.24	2.44 ± 0.85	2.29 ± 0.44	NS
PO₄ mmol/L	1.4 ± 0.3	1.53 ± 0.35	1.63 ± 0.32	NS
Ca/Mg	2.87 ± 0.48^a	3.81 ± 1.12 ^a,b	2.96 ± 0.68 ^b	0.0001^a/0.0001 ^b

^a Indicates comparison between control and test groups; whist ^b indicates comparison between Before Treatment levels and After Treatment. NS not significant (n = 30)

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