Table 13.
Concentrations of elements (in mg/kg on dry mass basis) and differences between them in the cancellous and cortical bone of the femur according to alcohol consumption (N = 96).
| Alcohol | Femoral head | Femoral neck | ||||
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| AM ± SD | AM ± SD | |||||
| Med. | Med. | |||||
| QL–QU | QL–QU | |||||
| No n = 46 | Yes n = 50 | M-W | No n = 46 | Yes n = 50 | M-W | |
| Ca | 136442.4 ± 34544.3 | 136947.8 ± 37950.4 | NS | 161328.5 ± 39085.7 | 153425.4 ± 41695.1 | NS |
| 129183 | 133763 | 159462 | 146143 | |||
| 108960–160694 | 102876–162084 | 128094–187160 | 122380–181456 | |||
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| P | 62247.9 ± 16107.8 | 63160 ± 17517 | NS | 72665.4 ± 17803.5 | 68800.2 ± 18692.6 | NS |
| 58510.4 | 61377.6 | 71514.5 | 67434.4 | |||
| 49736–76200 | 47466–75652.4 | 58714–85978 | 55156.4–82266 | |||
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| Mg | 1436.1 ± 379.2 | 1456.6 ± 343.3 | NS | 1581.4 ± 297.8 | 1589.8 ± 342.6 | NS |
| 1340.9 | 1442.1 | 1622 | 1566.4 | |||
| 1159.1–1734 | 1183.2–1678.6 | 1372.7–1740.4 | 1376.9–1853.8 | |||
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| Na | 5347.8 ± 1009.6 | 5575.7 ± 1073 | NS | 4792.8 ± 763.9 | 4578.6 ± 979.2 | NS |
| 5315 | 5649.5 | 4862.9 | 4507.8 | |||
| 4627.7–5916.2 | 4955.9–6308.9 | 4211–5295.8 | 3747.7–5282.2 | |||
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| K | 942.1 ± 917 | 750.6 ± 348.2 | NS | 953.4 ± 728.9 | 989.4 ± 1419.4 | NS |
| 694.3 | 657.1 5 | 810.3 | 603 | |||
| 564.4–1049.5 | 04.9–844.7 | 547.2–1090 | 450–960 | |||
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| Zn | 70.02 ± 15.65 | 74 ± 16.25 | NS | 66.99 ± 11.9 | 70.28 ± 14.54 | NS |
| 65.58 | 75.42 | 64.82 | 66.66 | |||
| 57.68–79.47 | 60.27–85.83 | 58.21–73.3 | 59.09–76.86 | |||
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| Cu | 0.68 ± 0.76 | 1.12 ± 0.93 | <0.05 | 0.6 ± 0.75 | 1.15 ± 1.38 | <0.05 |
| 0.52 | 1.06 | 0.04 | 0.81 | |||
| 0.04–1.14 | 0.04–1.75 | 0.04–1.03 | 0.04–1.44 | |||
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| Cr | 1.2 ± 1.87 | 1.45 ± 2.56 | NS | 1.47 ± 1.76 | 1.41 ± 1.72 | NS |
| 0.44 | 0.5 | 0.73 | 0.84 | |||
| 0.12–1.67 | 0.12–1.68 | 0.12–1.74 | 0.12–1.58 | |||
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| Ni | 0.41 ± 0.94 | 0.78 ± 1.48 | <0.05 | 0.32 ± 0.66 | 1.21 ± 3.05 | NS |
| 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |||
| 0.03–0.39 | 0.03–0.89 | 0.03–0.41 | 0.03–0.64 | |||
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| Fe | 134.38 ± 115.12 | 115.25 ± 97.52 | NS | 136.54 ± 147.76 | 126.9 ± 132.35 | NS |
| 94.96 | 90.71 | 89.54 | 95.22 | |||
| 58.98–146.02 | 50.43–131.18 | 56.15–164.75 | 55.28–152.27 | |||
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| Sr | 45.68 ± 29.49 | 42.42 ± 23.52 | NS | 48.05 ± 22.78 | 46.55 ± 22.82 | NS |
| 35.75 | 38.31 | 42.74 | 43.62 | |||
| 25.22–50.5 | 29.03–48.57 | 33.27–53.26 | 30.53–56.15 | |||
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| Mo | 0.7 ± 0.63 | 0.44 ± 0.55 | <0.05 | 0.77 ± 0.74 | 0.7 ± 0.62 | NS |
| 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.27 | |||
| 0.18–1.32 | 0.18–0.18 | 0.18–1.43 | 0.18–1.33 | |||
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| Ba | 2.3 ± 1.46 | 2.63 ± 1.85 | NS | 2.25 ± 1.17 | 2.56 ± 1.41 | NS |
| 2.01 | 2.1 | 1.98 | 2.42 | |||
| 1.34–2.82 | 1.62–3.15 | 1.29–3.05 | 1.42–3.49 | |||
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| Pb | 0.78 ± 1.17 | 1.49 ± 1.71 | <0.05 | 0.84 ± 1.04 | 1.29 ± 1.6 | NS |
| 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | |||
| 0.32–0.32 | 0.32–2.71 | 0.32–1.17 | 0.32–1.99 | |||
AM: arithmetic mean; SD: standard deviation; Med: median; QL: lower quartile; QU: upper quartile; M-W: Mann-Whitney U-test; p: level of significance; NS: nonsignificant difference.