Table 5.

Spearman correlation coefficients for metals found in femoral neck by sex.

Neck	Mo	Cr	Zn	Pb	Cu	Ni	Fe	Mg	K	P	Sr	Ba	Na	Ca	Age
	Women
Mo	x	0.04	−0.11	−0.25	−0.40∗	−0.06	−0.08	−0.05	−0.13	−0.03	0.08	0.24	−0.09	0.01	−0.15
Cr	0.14	x	0.06	−0.10	0.25	0.37∗	0.49∗	0.06	0.16	−0.04	0.00	0.05	0.07	0.00	−0.02
Zn	−0.15	−0.26	x	0.11	0.12	−0.12	−0.13	0.72∗	0.01	0.56∗	0.29∗	0.23	0.57∗	0.54∗	−0.22
Pb	−0.44∗	−0.31	0.43∗	x	0.15	0.05	−0.08	0.05	−0.08	−0.04	−0.14	−0.15	0.09	−0.03	0.23
Cu	0.00	0.25	−0.42∗	0.07	x	0.54∗	0.50∗	−0.10	0.10	−0.27∗	−0.03	−0.21	−0.15	−0.25	0.11
Ni	−0.09	0.19	−0.24	−0.09	0.59∗	x	0.33∗	−0.19	0.08	−0.30∗	−0.10	−0.18	−0.15	−0.22	0.00
Fe	0.10	0.22	−0.24	−0.17	0.14	−0.10	x	−0.18	0.27∗	−0.25	−0.05	−0.16	−0.02	−0.18	0.09
Mg	−0.27	−0.26	0.80∗	0.59∗	−0.44∗	−0.41∗	−0.17	x	−0.17	0.88∗	0.35∗	0.44∗	0.78∗	0.83∗	−0.25
K	0.10	0.43∗	−0.02	−0.06	−0.02	−0.04	0.27	−0.15	x	−0.26	−0.01	−0.07	0.05	−0.21	−0.11
P	−0.12	−0.35∗	0.76∗	0.56∗	−0.51∗	−0.49∗	−0.15	0.91∗	−0.22	x	0.35∗	0.42∗	0.78∗	0.94∗	−0.29∗
Sr	−0.11	−0.11	0.48∗	0.39∗	−0.31	0.17	−0.36∗	0.50∗	−0.11	0.47∗	x	0.43∗	0.38∗	0.30∗	−0.32∗
Ba	−0.21	−0.24	0.24	0.17	−0.20	−0.19	−0.06	0.28	−0.28	0.22	0.19	x	0.34∗	0.38∗	−0.19
Na	0.01	−0.25	0.78∗	0.44∗	−0.38∗	−0.39∗	−0.06	0.81∗	0.06	0.83∗	0.48∗	0.12	x	0.74∗	−0.24
Ca	−0.12	−0.29	0.79∗	0.53∗	−0.48∗	−0.43∗	−0.17	0.91∗	−0.22	0.98∗	0.49∗	0.22	0.81∗	x	−0.25
Age	0.21	0.13	−0.23	0.01	0.32∗	0.09	0.12	−0.39∗	0.35∗	−0.34∗	−0.31	−0.16	−0.23	−0.40∗	x
	Men

^∗Statistically significant.