Table 2:

Comparison of elemental abundances (by number) in the Galactic ISM and in the LMC as .

X
He	10.99	10.93(5)	0.87
C	8.38	8.03(2)	0.45
N	7.88	7.01(2)	0.13
O	8.69	8.38(2)	0.49
Ne	7.94	7.6(4)	0.46
Mg	7.40	7.12(2)	0.53
Si	7.27	7.21(2)	0.87
S	7.09	6.7(4)	0.41
Ar	6.41	6.2(4)	0.62
Fe	7.43	7.2(3)	0.59

References. (1) Wilms et al. (2000) or using xspec_abund(``wilm''); in ISIS; (2) Przybilla (priv. comm.): average of 7 B-stars in the LMC (see also Korn et al. 2005,2002); (3) Przybilla (priv. comm.): 1 star in the LMC (see also Przybilla et al. 2008); (4) Garnett (1999): H II regions in the LMC; (5) Dufour (1984).

Notes. The last column is the LMC abundance relative to the Galactic abundance, which is a parameter of the tbvarabs absorption model (Wilms et al. 2000, 2009, in prep.). For all other elements (which hardly contribute to the absorption in the soft X-ray band), the average value is assumed.