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

Table 13

Concentrations of elements (in mg/kg on dry mass basis) and differences between them in the cancellous and cortical bone of the femur according to alcohol consumption ().

Alcohol	Femoral head			Femoral neck
	AM ± SD			AM ± SD
	Med.			Med.
	QL–QU			QL–QU
	No	Yes	M-W	No	Yes	M-W
Ca	136442.4 ± 34544.3	136947.8 ± 37950.4	NS	161328.5 ± 39085.7	153425.4 ± 41695.1	NS
	129183	133763		159462	146143
	108960–160694	102876–162084		128094–187160	122380–181456
P	62247.9 ± 16107.8	63160 ± 17517	NS	72665.4 ± 17803.5	68800.2 ± 18692.6	NS
	58510.4	61377.6		71514.5	67434.4
	49736–76200	47466–75652.4		58714–85978	55156.4–82266
Mg	1436.1 ± 379.2	1456.6 ± 343.3	NS	1581.4 ± 297.8	1589.8 ± 342.6	NS
	1340.9	1442.1		1622	1566.4
	1159.1–1734	1183.2–1678.6		1372.7–1740.4	1376.9–1853.8
Na	5347.8 ± 1009.6	5575.7 ± 1073	NS	4792.8 ± 763.9	4578.6 ± 979.2	NS
	5315	5649.5		4862.9	4507.8
	4627.7–5916.2	4955.9–6308.9		4211–5295.8	3747.7–5282.2
K	942.1 ± 917	750.6 ± 348.2	NS	953.4 ± 728.9	989.4 ± 1419.4	NS
	694.3	657.1 5		810.3	603
	564.4–1049.5	04.9–844.7		547.2–1090	450–960
Zn	70.02 ± 15.65	74 ± 16.25	NS	66.99 ± 11.9	70.28 ± 14.54	NS
	65.58	75.42		64.82	66.66
	57.68–79.47	60.27–85.83		58.21–73.3	59.09–76.86
Cu	0.68 ± 0.76	1.12 ± 0.93	<0.05	0.6 ± 0.75	1.15 ± 1.38	<0.05
	0.52	1.06		0.04	0.81
	0.04–1.14	0.04–1.75		0.04–1.03	0.04–1.44
Cr	1.2 ± 1.87	1.45 ± 2.56	NS	1.47 ± 1.76	1.41 ± 1.72	NS
	0.44	0.5		0.73	0.84
	0.12–1.67	0.12–1.68		0.12–1.74	0.12–1.58
Ni	0.41 ± 0.94	0.78 ± 1.48	<0.05	0.32 ± 0.66	1.21 ± 3.05	NS
	0.03	0.03		0.03	0.03
	0.03–0.39	0.03–0.89		0.03–0.41	0.03–0.64
Fe	134.38 ± 115.12	115.25 ± 97.52	NS	136.54 ± 147.76	126.9 ± 132.35	NS
	94.96	90.71		89.54	95.22
	58.98–146.02	50.43–131.18		56.15–164.75	55.28–152.27
Sr	45.68 ± 29.49	42.42 ± 23.52	NS	48.05 ± 22.78	46.55 ± 22.82	NS
	35.75	38.31		42.74	43.62
	25.22–50.5	29.03–48.57		33.27–53.26	30.53–56.15
Mo	0.7 ± 0.63	0.44 ± 0.55	<0.05	0.77 ± 0.74	0.7 ± 0.62	NS
	0.18	0.18		0.18	0.27
	0.18–1.32	0.18–0.18		0.18–1.43	0.18–1.33
Ba	2.3 ± 1.46	2.63 ± 1.85	NS	2.25 ± 1.17	2.56 ± 1.41	NS
	2.01	2.1		1.98	2.42
	1.34–2.82	1.62–3.15		1.29–3.05	1.42–3.49
Pb	0.78 ± 1.17	1.49 ± 1.71	<0.05	0.84 ± 1.04	1.29 ± 1.6	NS
	0.32	0.32		0.32	0.32
	0.32–0.32	0.32–2.71		0.32–1.17	0.32–1.99

AM: arithmetic mean; SD: standard deviation; Med: median; QL: lower quartile; QU: upper quartile; M-W: Mann-Whitney -test; : level of significance; NS: nonsignificant difference.