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. 2013 Sep 7;155(3):361–369. doi: 10.1007/s12011-013-9809-2

Table 5.

Comparison of metal concentrations in analogous fox bone materials between two age groups

Material Parameter Mn Fe Sr
ad, n = 12
 C AM ± SD 1.37 ± 0.97 188.50 ± 135.50 43.40 ± 25.70
CV 71.20 71.90 59.20
Range 0.05–3.20 20.00–450.40 0.84–85.50
Med 1.10 153.30 39.50
Q LQ U 0.73–2.16 60.70–289.40 33.70–59.00
 CB AM ± SD 0.75 ± 0.52 83.60 ± 49.30 53.10 ± 33.10
CV 70.10 59.00 62.30
Range 0.05–1.89 33.60–191.50 5.98–107.20
Med 0.77 62.30 51.20
Q LQ U 0.33–1.06 54.00–108.50 25.00–80.10
 C + CB AM ± SD 1.00 ± 0.58 139.80 ± 100.80 46.40 ± 21.90
CV 57.80 72.10 47.30
Range 0.05–2.18 6.60–370.40 13.20–83.60
Med 0.94 126.30 43.60
Q LQ U 0.59–1.41 75.70–172.40 30.70–60.10
 SB AM ± SD 0.63 ± 0.22 106.70 ± 204.00 46.60 ± 24.20
CV 35.00 191.20 51.90
Range 0.27–0.98 4.26–708.80 16.20–96.30
Med 0.66 22.70 41.90
Q LQ U 0.46–0.78 16.70–76.90 31.40–54.40
im, n = 18
 C AM ± SD 1.62 ± 1.42 240.90 ± 290.30 49.20 ± 29.50
CV 86.40 120.50 60.00
Range 0.33–5.70 18.90–1,194.50 0.83–148.30
Med 1.07 175.50 45.30
Q LQ U 0.67–2.06 35.00–261.00 34.60–52.80
 CB AM ± SD 1.03 ± 0.39 78.80 ± 80.20 76.60 ± 52.90
CV 37.80 101.20 69.10
Range 0.09–1.64 1.60–227.60 4.62–241.20
Med 1.12 33.00 65.80
Q LQ U 0.97–1.22 15.10–160.40 54.70–78.10
 C + CB AM ± SD 1.30 ± 0.70 159.80 ± 165.20 62.90 ± 36.10
CV 55.30 103.30 57.50
Range 0.40–3.40 14.00–693.90 25.10–194.80
Med 1.12 129.20 55.70
Q LQ U 0.89–1.70 29.50–226.40 47.20–63.80
 SB AM ± SD 1.20 ± 1.03 210.50 ± 187.70 63.20 ± 50.70
CV 85.40 89.20 80.32
Range 0.40–4.57 27.60–766.00 23.40–197.60
Med 0.81 122.80 44.40
Q LQ U 0.52–1.46 77.90–318.80 32.60–65.70
ad vs. im
 C MW-U NS NS NS
p
 CB MW-U NS 60.00 NS
p 0.05
 C + CB MW-U NS NS NS
p
 SB MW-U NS 49,00 NS
p 0.02

C cartilage, CB compact bone, C + CB cartilage with compact bone, SB spongy bone, AM arithmetic mean, SD standard deviation, CV coefficient of variation in percent, Med median, Q L lower, Q U upper quartile, ad adultus, im immaturus, MW-U Mann–Whitney U test, p level of significance, NS statistically non-significant difference