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

Table 9

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

Head	Mo	Cr	Zn	Pb	Cu	Ni	Fe	Mg	K	P	Sr	Ba	Na	Ca	Age
	Nonsmoker
Mo	x	−0.11	0.12	0.13	−0.23	−0.16	0.08	0.04	0.19	0.11	0.08	−0.03	−0.04	0.05	0.03
Cr	−0.01	x	0.04	−0.08	0.43	0.15	0.28	0.10	0.13	0.06	−0.04	0.10	0.17	0.05	0.05
Zn	0.04	−0.32	x	0.04	−0.04	−0.16	0.17	0.79	0.20	0.81	0.52	0.38	0.50	0.77	−0.15
Pb	−0.29	−0.37	0.33	x	0.01	0.07	0.06	0.12	0.01	0.09	−0.09	0.00	0.13	0.13	0.20
Cu	−0.17	0.47	−0.35	−0.15	x	0.40	0.15	0.00	0.15	−0.11	−0.08	−0.09	0.00	−0.12	0.05
Ni	0.07	0.20	−0.07	−0.26	0.53	x	−0.22	−0.14	−0.37	−0.18	−0.13	0.04	−0.32	−0.19	−0.01
Fe	−0.04	0.55	−0.03	−0.10	0.16	−0.05	x	0.05	0.33	0.11	0.01	−0.08	0.22	0.05	0.14
Mg	0.16	−0.04	0.75	0.00	−0.27	−0.21	0.08	x	0.25	0.91	0.61	0.49	0.49	0.88	−0.21
K	−0.30	0.30	−0.19	0.04	0.39	−0.05	0.18	0.05	x	0.19	0.29	0.01	0.54	0.13	0.07
P	−0.07	0.00	0.73	−0.10	−0.36	−0.19	0.07	0.85	−0.08	x	0.6	0.48	0.52	0.95	−0.27
Sr	−0.09	−0.35	0.47	0.10	−0.14	0.16	−0.28	0.36	0.13	0.36	x	0.38	0.38	0.59	−0.12
Ba	0.03	0.03	0.57	0.23	−0.27	0.05	0.07	0.49	−0.26	0.56	0.48	x	0.23	0.44	−0.08
Na	−0.48	−0.02	0.28	0.45	0.13	0.15	−0.23	−0.02	0.13	0.07	0.11	0.14	x	0.46	−0.12
Ca	−0.10	−0.08	0.75	−0.02	−0.29	−0.16	0.02	0.83	−0.07	0.97	0.38	0.54	0.07	x	−0.23
Age	0.13	−0.07	−0.25	−0.16	0.10	0.21	−0.13	−0.11	0.03	−0.19	−0.09	−0.08	−0.13	−0.16	x
	Smoker

Statistically significant.