Cadmium content of human cancellous bone.
The cadmium content of human cancellous bone was related to age, sex, bone loss, physical properties, and elemental composition. Bone specimens from the anterior iliac crest were collected from 889 cadavers with a normal mineral status, and from 50 cadavers which had bone loss from chronic diseases and immobilization. The element concentrations were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Bone fluoride levels ere determined with the ion specific electrode, the mineral density with the gamma ray attenuation method, and the compressive strength with a strain transducer. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. The mean cadmium content of 0.22 +/- 9.16 micrograms/g dry weight (+/- SD) in the samples did not change with age and its content was slightly greater in males than in females. Furthermore, no statistically significant relation was found in cadmium content to bone loss changes or to the calcium content of bone. The cadmium content had a high statistically significant positive correlation with the strontium and nickel content.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis*; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009532:Nickel / Q000032:analysis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013324:Strontium / Q000032:analysis
D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead; D003300:Copper; D009532:Nickel; D013324:Strontium