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

Table 6

Spearman correlation coefficients for metals found in femoral head by sex.

Head	Mo	Cr	Zn	Pb	Cu	Ni	Fe	Mg	K	P	Sr	Ba	Na	Ca	Age
	Women
Mo	x	−0.13	0.11	0.15	−0.32	0.08	−0.03	0.04	−0.12	0.03	0.00	0.00	−0.28	0.03	−0.07
Cr	0.09	x	−0.09	−0.15	0.39	0.21	0.27	0.06	0.10	0.02	−0.13	0.09	0.24	0.00	0.04
Zn	0.35	−0.04	x	−0.02	−0.07	−0.01	0.14	0.75	0.12	0.78	0.48	0.42	0.42	0.80	−0.13
Pb	−0.05	−0.16	0.03	x	−0.12	0.02	0.01	−0.09	−0.02	−0.06	−0.10	0.00	−0.08	−0.02	0.11
Cu	−0.02	0.57	−0.35	−0.10	x	0.28	0.13	0.04	0.41	−0.06	−0.07	−0.16	0.24	−0.07	0.07
Ni	−0.25	0.20	−0.49	−0.15	0.51	x	−0.14	0.03	−0.22	0.06	0.04	0.05	−0.07	0.07	0.06
Fe	0.20	0.36	0.15	0.08	0.16	−0.25	x	0.02	0.17	0.06	0.03	−0.07	0.06	0.04	0.35
Mg	0.24	0.06	0.85	0.08	−0.26	−0.42	0.10	x	0.21	0.90	0.59	0.54	0.42	0.89	−0.18
K	0.34	0.25	0.35	0.21	0.09	−0.29	0.50	0.33	x	0.12	0.23	0.03	0.46	0.09	0.00
P	0.32	0.05	0.84	−0.07	−0.34	−0.52	0.16	0.93	0.34	x	0.59	0.56	0.43	0.99	−0.20
Sr	0.16	−0.06	0.57	−0.07	−0.07	−0.18	−0.10	0.56	0.44	0.52	x	0.49	0.38	0.58	−0.18
Ba	0.06	−0.05	0.18	0.06	−0.18	0.02	0.00	0.25	−0.05	0.22	0.22	x	0.32	0.53	−0.10
Na	0.10	−0.08	0.38	0.45	−0.25	−0.37	0.21	0.29	0.54	0.31	0.29	0.03	x	0.40	−0.30
Ca	0.18	0.01	0.78	0.02	−0.32	−0.50	0.05	0.87	0.22	0.92	0.52	0.18	0.23	x	−0.19
Age	0.16	0.00	0.03	0.16	0.06	0.07	−0.15	0.06	0.20	0.12	0.12	0.10	0.14	0.17	x
	Men

Statistically significant.