Table 9.

Spearman correlation coefficients for metals found in femoral head of smokers and nonsmokers.

Head	Mo	Cr	Zn	Pb	Cu	Ni	Fe	Mg	K	P	Sr	Ba	Na	Ca	Age
	Nonsmoker
Mo	x	−0.11	0.12	0.13	−0.23∗	−0.16	0.08	0.04	0.19	0.11	0.08	−0.03	−0.04	0.05	0.03
Cr	−0.01	x	0.04	−0.08	0.43∗	0.15	0.28∗	0.10	0.13	0.06	−0.04	0.10	0.17	0.05	0.05
Zn	0.04	−0.32	x	0.04	−0.04	−0.16	0.17	0.79∗	0.20	0.81∗	0.52∗	0.38∗	0.50∗	0.77∗	−0.15
Pb	−0.29	−0.37	0.33	x	0.01	0.07	0.06	0.12	0.01	0.09	−0.09	0.00	0.13	0.13	0.20
Cu	−0.17	0.47∗	−0.35	−0.15	x	0.40∗	0.15	0.00	0.15	−0.11	−0.08	−0.09	0.00	−0.12	0.05
Ni	0.07	0.20	−0.07	−0.26	0.53∗	x	−0.22	−0.14	−0.37∗	−0.18	−0.13	0.04	−0.32∗	−0.19	−0.01
Fe	−0.04	0.55∗	−0.03	−0.10	0.16	−0.05	x	0.05	0.33∗	0.11	0.01	−0.08	0.22	0.05	0.14
Mg	0.16	−0.04	0.75∗	0.00	−0.27	−0.21	0.08	x	0.25∗	0.91∗	0.61∗	0.49∗	0.49∗	0.88∗	−0.21
K	−0.30	0.30	−0.19	0.04	0.39	−0.05	0.18	0.05	x	0.19	0.29∗	0.01	0.54∗	0.13	0.07
P	−0.07	0.00	0.73∗	−0.10	−0.36	−0.19	0.07	0.85∗	−0.08	x	0.6∗	0.48∗	0.52∗	0.95∗	−0.27∗
Sr	−0.09	−0.35	0.47∗	0.10	−0.14	0.16	−0.28	0.36	0.13	0.36	x	0.38∗	0.38∗	0.59∗	−0.12
Ba	0.03	0.03	0.57∗	0.23	−0.27	0.05	0.07	0.49∗	−0.26	0.56∗	0.48∗	x	0.23	0.44∗	−0.08
Na	−0.48∗	−0.02	0.28	0.45∗	0.13	0.15	−0.23	−0.02	0.13	0.07	0.11	0.14	x	0.46∗	−0.12
Ca	−0.10	−0.08	0.75∗	−0.02	−0.29	−0.16	0.02	0.83∗	−0.07	0.97∗	0.38	0.54∗	0.07	x	−0.23∗
Age	0.13	−0.07	−0.25	−0.16	0.10	0.21	−0.13	−0.11	0.03	−0.19	−0.09	−0.08	−0.13	−0.16	x
	Smoker

^∗Statistically significant.