Table 4 |
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Association of the D6S1276 BMP5 microsatellite with knee osteoarthritis (OA) by sample collection and by gender |
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Number |
P-values |
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|
Collection |
Gender |
Controls |
Knee OA |
Multi-allelic trend test |
Genotype test |
|
|
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|
Spain |
women |
149 |
200 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
|
men |
277 |
43 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
|
|
all |
426 |
243 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
|
|
Greece |
women |
205 |
275 |
0.021 |
0.032 |
|
men |
120 |
63 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
|
|
all |
325 |
338 |
0.2 |
0.09 |
|
|
UK |
women |
312 |
187 |
0.028 |
0.2 |
|
men |
325 |
157 |
0.09 |
0.3 |
|
|
all |
637 |
344 |
0.0059 |
0.1 |
|
|
|
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Rodriguez-Fontenla et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2012 14:R257 doi:10.1186/ar4102 |
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