Research Article
Influence of Environmental Factors and Relationships between Vanadium, Chromium, and Calcium in Human Bone
Table 1
Information on patients included in the study.
| | Factors | Number of patients (%) |
| | Biological factors |
| | Age | Woman | = 24 (64.86)
58–84 (69.90 ± 10.77) years | | Man | = 13 (35.14)
52–79 (62.6 ± 15.4) years |
| | Type of OA | Degeneration of the left hip joint | = 15 (40.54) | | Degeneration of the right hip joint | = 19 (51.35) | | Fracture of the left femur | = 3 (8.11) |
| | Kidney diseases | Patients with diagnosed kidney diseases (KD) | = 5 (13.51) | | Without diagnosed kidney diseases (WKD) | = 32 (86.49) |
| | Environmental factors |
| | Type of prostheses before second replacement surgery | Cemented hip joint prostheses
Noncemented hip joint prostheses
Patients without implants | = 6 (16.22)
= 2 (5.40)
= 29 (78.38) |
| | Cigarette smoking | Smokers
Nonsmokers | = 20 (54.05)
= 17 (45.95) |
| | Fish and seafood diet | Participant who consumed fish and fish diet (FD) | = 32 (86.49) | | Without this type of diet (NFD) | = 5 (13.51) |
| | Game meat | Participant who consumed game meat (GM) | = 8 (21.62) | | Without this type of diet (NGM) | = 29 (78.38) |
| | Dairy products | Participant who preferred dairy products (DP) | = 32 (86.49) | | Without this type of diet (NDP) | = 5 (13.51) |
| | Alcohol drinking (beer) | Nondrinker
Drinker | = 12 (32.43)
= 25 (67.57) |
| | Occupational exposure | Occupationally exposed | = 8 (21.62) | | Unexposed | = 29 (78.38) |
| | Dietary supplements | Patients with supplementation (WS) | = 13 (35.14) | | Without supplementation (NS) | = 24 (64.86) |
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