Table 1

Demographical representation of human subjects enrolled in the study

Group

Sample number

Age (years)

Sex

Race

Collins grade

Donors

1

66

Female

Caucasian

4

2

69

Male

Caucasian

2

3

54

Male

Caucasian

2

4

74

Male

Caucasian

3

5

79

Male

African-American

2

6

67

Male

Caucasian

4

7

67

Male

Caucasian

4

8

52

Male

Caucasian

2

9

67

Female

Caucasian

3

10

40

Female

African-American

1

11

54

Male

Caucasian

0

12

92

Female

Caucasian

2

13

73

Male

Caucasian

2

14

53

Male

African-American

0

Osteoarthritis patients

1

84

Male

2

85

Male

3

81

Male

4

81

Male

5

82

Male

6

84

Male

7

53

Female

8

58

Male

9

60

Female

10

54

Female

11

60

Female

12

75

Female

13

81

Female

14

41

Male

15

75

Female

16

67

Female

17

64

Female

18

87

Female

19

71

Male

20

70

Female

21

53

Female

22

71

Male

23

82

Male

24

79

Female

25

37

Female

26

51

Male

27

81

Male

28

83

Female

29

40

Female

Rheumatoid arthritis patients

1

47

Female

2

42

Female

3

73

Female

4

56

Female

5

26

Female

6

41

Male

7

62

Male

8

53

Female

9

66

Female

10

66

Female

11

26

Female

12

26

Female

13

73

Female

14

42

Female

15

34

Female

16

49

Female

17

70

Male

18

53

Male

19

52

Male

20

40

Female

21

68

Female

22

49

Male

23

76

Male

24

22

Female

25

72

Female

Collins grade was assigned only to the cadaveric joints. Racial background of the osteoarthritis patients and of the rheumatoid arthritis patients was not available to us.

Chubinskaya et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2006 8:R73   doi:10.1186/ar1947