The Content of the 14 Metals in Cancellous and Cortical Bone of the Hip Joint Affected by Osteoarthritis

Table 12

Spearman correlation coefficients for metals found in femoral head of patients with chemicals contact and without contact.

Head	Mo	Cr	Zn	Pb	Cu	Ni	Fe	Mg	K	P	Sr	Ba	Na	Ca	Age
Contact with chemicals	No
Mo	x	0.04	−0.07	−0.25	−0.17	−0.06	−0.15	−0.08	−0.06	−0.06	0.04	0.16	−0.09	−0.08	0.00
Cr	0.29	x	−0.06	−0.18	0.34	0.36	0.43	0.00	0.30	−0.14	0.01	0.00	0.02	−0.15	0.03
Zn	−0.30	−0.13	x	0.16	−0.05	−0.10	−0.21	0.71	−0.09	0.60	0.34	0.22	0.59	0.62	−0.14
Pb	−0.46	−0.23	0.46	x	0.07	0.05	−0.06	0.16	−0.20	0.11	−0.01	0.00	0.18	0.14	0.10
Cu	−0.11	0.06	−0.19	0.25	x	0.61	0.42	−0.23	0.06	−0.40	−0.15	−0.17	−0.28	−0.38	0.14
Ni	−0.01	0.13	−0.25	−0.04	0.51	x	0.21	−0.24	0.05	−0.35	−0.04	−0.16	−0.19	−0.31	0.04
Fe	0.28	0.20	−0.12	−0.23	0.16	−0.05	x	−0.20	0.33	−0.27	−0.22	−0.14	−0.06	−0.26	−0.02
Mg	−0.30	−0.33	0.81	0.49	−0.32	−0.37	−0.17	x	−0.16	0.88	0.36	0.37	0.78	0.88	−0.27
K	0.09	0.34	0.16	0.07	−0.01	−0.07	0.17	−0.03	x	−0.24	−0.08	−0.07	0.03	−0.24	−0.06
P	−0.18	−0.36	0.70	0.43	−0.38	−0.50	−0.07	0.91	−0.16	x	0.37	0.34	0.78	0.99	−0.35
Sr	−0.18	−0.22	0.42	0.35	−0.21	0.21	−0.19	0.56	0.04	0.48	x	0.39	0.44	0.36	−0.37
Ba	−0.26	−0.31	0.19	0.03	−0.26	−0.18	−0.10	0.38	−0.31	0.35	0.19	x	0.31	0.33	−0.17
Na	0.02	−0.33	0.75	0.37	−0.25	−0.41	0.02	0.82	0.09	0.84	0.36	0.09	x	0.79	−0.30
Ca	−0.14	−0.19	0.62	0.43	−0.29	−0.30	0.02	0.79	−0.06	0.86	0.46	0.21	0.71	x	−0.37
Age	−0.02	−0.03	−0.25	0.09	0.35	−0.03	0.15	−0.21	0.15	−0.07	−0.36	−0.05	−0.12	0.03	x
	Yes

Statistically significant.