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

Table 8

Spearman correlation coefficients for metals found in femoral neck of smokers and nonsmokers.

	Mo	Cr	Zn	Pb	Cu	Ni	Fe	Mg	K	P	Sr	Ba	Na	Ca	Age
Neck	Nonsmoker
Mo	x	0.20	−0.14	−0.31	−0.13	0.01	0.06	−0.17	0.00	−0.13	−0.03	0.01	−0.11	−0.10	−0.08
Cr	−0.22	x	−0.05	−0.17	0.23	0.17	0.39	−0.09	0.27	−0.22	−0.10	−0.01	−0.08	−0.16	0.10
Zn	−0.08	−0.25	x	0.29	−0.05	−0.13	−0.21	0.70	0.00	0.61	0.34	0.19	0.63	0.60	−0.22
Pb	−0.32	−0.22	0.15	x	0.09	−0.01	−0.12	0.33	−0.13	0.28	0.05	−0.10	0.29	0.27	0.08
Cu	−0.37	0.43	−0.21	0.23	x	0.51	0.32	−0.26	−0.05	−0.40	−0.25	−0.19	−0.26	−0.39	0.12
Ni	−0.19	0.74	−0.28	0.05	0.69	x	0.15	−0.25	−0.03	−0.39	−0.03	−0.11	−0.25	−0.32	0.05
Fe	−0.39	0.35	−0.03	−0.19	0.40	0.17	x	−0.24	0.26	−0.27	−0.20	−0.07	−0.06	−0.24	0.02
Mg	−0.08	−0.21	0.89	0.11	−0.14	−0.39	0.08	x	−0.16	0.90	0.45	0.37	0.82	0.86	−0.30
K	−0.08	0.18	−0.08	−0.01	0.12	−0.11	0.31	0.02	x	−0.23	−0.03	−0.20	0.02	−0.22	0.09
P	0.02	−0.21	0.71	−0.02	−0.30	−0.38	0.07	0.86	−0.13	x	0.42	0.36	0.82	0.95	−0.34
Sr	−0.14	−0.03	0.35	0.48	0.17	0.18	−0.18	0.31	−0.13	0.27	x	0.35	0.41	0.39	−0.31
Ba	0.19	−0.39	0.28	0.34	−0.19	−0.38	−0.31	0.35	−0.09	0.31	0.11	x	0.25	0.33	−0.20
Na	0.14	−0.26	0.65	0.08	−0.21	−0.34	0.11	0.69	0.31	0.66	0.35	0.12	x	0.78	−0.28
Ca	0.00	−0.19	0.69	0.00	−0.30	−0.35	0.08	0.84	−0.05	0.97	0.26	0.28	0.63	x	−0.34
Age	0.26	0.09	−0.07	−0.06	0.33	0.08	0.38	−0.06	0.23	−0.18	−0.06	−0.18	0.11	−0.17	x
	Smoker

Statistically significant.