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

Table 3

Spearman correlation coefficients for metals found in femoral neck and head for all samples.

	Mo	Cr	Zn	Pb	Cu	Ni	Fe	Mg	K	P	Sr	Ba	Na	Ca	Age
	Head
Mo	x	−0.08	0.09	0.02	−0.22	−0.10	0.05	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.04	−0.01	−0.13	0.03	0.02
Cr	0.11	x	−0.03	−0.16	0.43	0.16	0.34	0.07	0.19	0.05	−0.09	0.06	0.13	0.02	0.03
Zn	−0.13	−0.07	x	0.08	−0.09	−0.13	0.14	0.80	0.11	0.81	0.52	0.40	0.46	0.79	−0.11
Pb	−0.32	−0.18	0.26	x	−0.01	−0.02	0.03	0.06	0.02	0.01	−0.05	0.06	0.20	0.05	0.10
Cu	−0.17	0.27	−0.12	0.12	x	0.44	0.15	−0.05	0.21	−0.14	−0.08	−0.13	0.03	−0.14	0.04
Ni	−0.03	0.31	−0.16	0.01	0.57	x	−0.18	−0.14	−0.29	−0.14	−0.07	0.04	−0.20	−0.15	0.02
Fe	−0.02	0.37	−0.18	−0.12	0.34	0.14	x	0.05	0.30	0.09	−0.03	−0.03	0.12	0.04	0.13
Mg	−0.16	−0.09	0.74	0.27	−0.25	−0.28	−0.18	x	0.19	0.92	0.58	0.48	0.39	0.89	−0.11
K	−0.02	0.26	0.00	−0.10	0.01	−0.03	0.28	−0.12	x	0.12	0.26	−0.05	0.45	0.07	0.08
P	−0.10	−0.20	0.63	0.21	−0.39	−0.39	−0.22	0.89	−0.19	x	0.55	0.47	0.40	0.97	−0.13
Sr	−0.04	−0.06	0.37	0.10	−0.16	0.03	−0.20	0.42	−0.03	0.40	x	0.39	0.36	0.55	−0.08
Ba	0.03	−0.07	0.23	0.01	−0.20	−0.16	−0.13	0.37	−0.17	0.34	0.32	x	0.22	0.43	−0.05
Na	−0.06	−0.10	0.65	0.24	−0.26	−0.26	−0.04	0.79	0.10	0.80	0.41	0.22	x	0.36	−0.10
Ca	−0.08	−0.15	0.62	0.22	−0.36	−0.32	−0.18	0.86	−0.17	0.96	0.38	0.31	0.76	x	−0.11
Age	0.00	0.05	−0.22	0.10	0.17	0.02	0.08	−0.28	0.11	−0.29	−0.30	−0.19	−0.22	−0.29	x
	Neck

Statistically significant.