Table 3

Nuclear mutational burden data of OA and RA patient tissue and cultured fibroblasts

Patients
Nucleotides sequenced
Number of total mutations
Total mutational burden (mutations/kbp)
Number of amino acid changes
Expressed mutational burden (mutations/kbp)
OA vs RAa

Fibroblasts






     OA
10971
36
3.281
24
2.188

     RA
7317
15
2.050
10
1.367
ρ = 0.2
Tissue






     OA
18287
32
1.750
15
0.820

     RA
24522
41
1.672
21
0.856
ρ = 0.2

aTwo-tailed Fisher's exact test. kbp, kilobase pairs; OA, osteoarthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.

Da Sylva et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2005 7:R844   doi:10.1186/ar1752

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