Table 7.
Spearman rank correlation coefficient between two microelements — Zn and Cu — determined in various type of bone material (n = 30) of the fox
| Zn C | Zn CB | Zn SB | Zn C + CB | Cu C | Cu CB | Cu SB | Cu C + CB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zn C | – | 0.633*** | NS | 0.895**** | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Zn CB | – | 0.379* | 0.882**** | NS | NS | NS | NS | |
| Zn SB | – | 0.413* | NS | NS | 0.721**** | 0.483** | ||
| Zn C + CB | – | NS | NS | NS | NS | |||
| Cu C | – | 0.367* | NS | 0.644*** | ||||
| Cu CB | – | NS | 0.621**** | |||||
| Cu SB | – | 0.389* | ||||||
| Cu C + CB | – |
C cartilage, CB compact bone, C + CB cartilage with compact bone, NS values statistically non-significant, SB spongy bone
Levels of significance: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001