Table 3

Changes in nutritional biochemistry after BMT

	Mean (SD) before BMT	Minimum (SD) during dietetic advice	Mean (SD) before BMT	Minimum (SD) during enteral nutrition
Plasma zinc (μmol/l)	11.8 (5.0)	12.0 (3.8)	12.9 (3.1)	11.2 (2.7)
Plasma selenium (μg/l)	53.2 (11.0)	46.0 (10.8)	59.0 (11.8)^‡	54.0 (9.8)^‡
Serum phosphate (mmol/l)	1.4 (0.1)^*	0.9 (0.3)^*	1.4 (0.3)	1.2 (0.3)
Serum magnesium (mmol/l)	0.8 (0.2)	0.6 (0.2)	0.7 (0.1)^†	0.6 (0.1)^†

p Values: ^* p = 0.006; ^† p = 0.0005; ^‡ p = 0.07; all other values were not significant.