Table 3.

The conformity of distributions of metal concentrations in the bone material from foxes with the expected normal distribution

Material	Parameters	Test and its significance for the conformity of distributions
		Mn	Fe	Sr
C	n	34	34	34
	K-S	0.453	0.225	0.192
	p	<0.01	<0.01	<0.15
	Lil. corr., p	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
	Distribution	Non-normal	Non-normal	Non-normal
CB	n	35	35	35
	K-S	0.140	0.281	0.208
	p	NS	<0.01	<0.10
	Lil. corr., p	<0.10	<0.01	<0.01
	Distribution	Normal	Non-normal	Non-normal
C + CB	n	34	34	34
	K-S	0.239	0.188	0.188
	p	<0.05	<0.20	<0.20
	Lil. corr., p	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
	Distribution	Non-normal	Non-normal	Non-normal
SB	n	34	34	34
	K-S	0.474	0.253	0.139
	p	<0.01	<0.05	NS
	Lil. corr., p	<0.01	<0.01	<0.10
	Distribution	Non-normal	Non-normal	Normal

C cartilage, CB compact bone, C + CB cartilage with compact bone, SB spongy bone, K-S Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, Lil. corr. Lilliefors corrected Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, p level of significance, NS difference non-significant