Table 1.

Cadmium content of human cadaver samples subdivided by bone type and gender.

	Cadmium µg/g Dry Weight
Alveolar Bone n = 12	# 0.06 ± 0.02
	Male n = 8	0.03 ± 0.01
	Female n = 4	* 0.13 ± 0.05
Basal Bone n = 12	0.02 ± 0.01
	Male n = 8	0.01 ± 0.01
	Female n = 4	* 0.04 ± 0.02
	Cortical n = 6	0.04 ± 0.01
	Spongy n = 6	0.03 ± 0.01
Kidney Cortex n = 6	1.83 ± 0.45
	Male n = 4	1.97 ± 0.50
	Female n = 2	1.55 ± 0.03

A number sign (#) indicates significant differences between alveolar bone compared to basal bone (paired, two-tailed t-test; p < 0.01). An asterisk (*) indicates significant differences (unpaired, two-tailed t-test; p ≤ 0.05) between male and female. Collective basal and alveolar bone samples had an ‘n’ value of 12; male and female samples were 8 and 4, respectively. Kidney cortex had a total n value of 6 with only 2 samples from females so no statistical analysis was performed. Data are mean ± SE.