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

Table 15

Spearman correlation coefficients for metals found in femoral head of alcohol drinkers and abstainers.

Head	Mo	Cr	Zn	Pb	Cu	Ni	Fe	Mg	K	P	Sr	Ba	Na	Ca	Age
Alcohol	Yes
Mo	x	0.14	0.15	0.02	0.01	−0.05	0.28	0.07	0.17	0.05	−0.04	0.00	−0.03	−0.06	0.14
Cr	−0.26	x	0.00	−0.32	0.34	0.12	0.28	0.09	0.10	0.09	−0.04	−0.07	0.05	0.08	0.00
Zn	0.14	−0.10	x	0.06	−0.28	−0.33	0.16	0.86	0.14	0.87	0.59	0.38	0.38	0.84	−0.24
Pb	0.17	0.00	0.00	x	−0.08	−0.17	0.01	0.02	0.11	−0.04	−0.07	0.02	0.30	0.03	0.13
Cu	−0.39	0.53	0.01	−0.13	x	0.51	0.08	−0.24	0.14	−0.31	−0.16	−0.29	−0.30	−0.29	0.08
Ni	−0.04	0.24	0.04	0.14	0.25	x	−0.23	−0.31	−0.33	−0.36	−0.17	0.04	−0.36	−0.36	0.11
Fe	−0.19	0.41	0.14	0.09	0.29	−0.06	x	0.10	0.28	0.19	−0.09	0.01	0.15	0.08	−0.11
Mg	0.08	0.04	0.72	0.05	0.12	0.05	−0.02	x	0.17	0.91	0.57	0.41	0.26	0.88	−0.17
K	−0.07	0.26	0.12	−0.07	0.36	−0.16	0.31	0.24	x	0.08	0.29	−0.19	0.39	0.00	0.08
P	0.11	−0.02	0.75	0.08	0.04	0.11	0.02	0.91	0.17	x	0.53	0.44	0.36	0.95	−0.15
Sr	0.11	−0.12	0.48	−0.06	−0.03	0.02	0.04	0.60	0.27	0.60	x	0.28	0.30	0.55	−0.12
Ba	0.03	0.21	0.34	0.04	0.02	0.02	−0.04	0.55	0.16	0.49	0.53	x	0.09	0.41	−0.20
Na	−0.22	0.17	0.39	−0.08	0.36	−0.03	0.12	0.48	0.58	0.44	0.44	0.35	x	0.32	0.00
Ca	0.12	−0.03	0.76	0.10	0.04	0.13	0.02	0.90	0.15	0.99	0.59	0.46	0.39	x	−0.11
Age	−0.08	0.21	−0.09	0.05	0.11	−0.11	0.36	−0.23	0.07	−0.28	−0.16	0.06	−0.20	−0.26	x
	No

Statistically significant.