Table 2.

Femoral neck T-score and plasma concentrations of Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd in smokers and non-smokers

	Smokers	Non-smokers
	(Mean ± SD)
Participants (%)	12	88
Average T-score femur	−1.49 ± 0.99	0.62 ± 1.3
Zinc (ng/ml)	1512 ± 258	1108 ± 59
Copper (ng/ml)	1572 ± 282	1290 ± 79
Lead (ng/l)	196.71 ± 20.93	169.47 ± 5.81
Cadmium (ng/ml)	2.98 ± 0.12	2.69 ± 0.42