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Table 4 The relative percentage (median with 25th–75th percentiles) of Cr and Co transferred from SF or ST to WB

From: Retention of metals in periprosthetic tissues of patients with metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty is reflected in the synovial fluid to blood cobalt transfer ratio in the presence of a pseudotumour

 

No tumour

Tumour

WB/SF

%

%

Cr

0.207

0.265

(p = 0.304)

(0.073–0.598)

(0.160–0.592)

Co

0.667

1.154

(p = 0.039)

(0.358–1.322)

(0.683–2.003)

WB/ST

Cr

0.003

0.005

(p = 0.741)

(0.002–0.032)

(0.002–0.008)

Co

0.066

0.071

(p = 0.892)

(0.021–0.427)

(0.039–0.239)