Element

Intact bone M₁

Osteogenic sarcoma M₂

Ratio M₂/M₁

Student’s t-test

Ag

0.0027 ± 0.0005

0.0074 ± 0.0036

2.72

p ≤ 0.210

Co

0.0107 ± 0.0014

0.0490 ± 0.0071

4.58

p ≤ 0.000013

Cr

0.274 ± 0.057

0.555 ± 0.074

2.03

p ≤ 0.00514

Fe

51.2 ± 9.3

247 ± 27

4.82

p ≤ 0.000000097

Hg

0.0057 ± 0.0014

0.0077 ± 0.0013

1.35

p ≤ 0.327

Rb

3.68 ± 0.48

2.17 ± 0.26

0.59

p ≤ 0.0134

Sb

0.0151 ± 0.0032

0.0365 ± 0.0089

2.42

p ≤ 0.0317

Se

0.176 ± 0.029

1.93 ± 0.22

11.0

p ≤ 0.000000022

Zn

80.6 ± 3.0

192 ± 15

2.38

p ≤ 0.000000079