Fig. 6. Mean (±SE) daily zinc balance (mg/day) was calculated for 8 consecutive days in five patients with pancreatic insufficiency (hollow bar) and five alcoholic controls (solid bar). Although, no statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups, the magnitude of positive zinc balance in pancreatic disease patients (PI) was lower than the alcoholic control subjects (AC), and found to be negative on 2 days.

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