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For comparison purposes, also serum samples of 50 patients without nutritional disorders, admitted to a planned cholecystectomy (surgical procedure of the gall bladder removal), were analyzed and treated as the control group. Descriptive statistics of measured concentrations of P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Se, and Br were determined both for the studied and control groups. Statistical analysis of the results concentrates on verifying the type of element concentration distributions. Next, the comparison of element concentration between groups of women and men was done. Parenteral nutrition resulted in a significant increase in supplemented Se and a decrease in Cu concentrations between measurement I and II. Parametric as well as nonparametric approaches were applied to verify the hypothesis. Additionally, it was found out that for some elements differences between the studied and control groups can be observed (P, S, Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, Se, Br). 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