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Table 2 Allele counts and frequency of the D6S1276 BMP5 microsatellite in women with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and control women from the three sample collections

From: Association of a BMP5 microsatellite with knee osteoarthritis: case-control study

 

Controls

       

Patients with knee OA

      
 

Spain

 

Greece

 

UK

 

Total

 

Spain

 

Greece

 

UK

 

Total

 

Alleles

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

5

            

1

0.3

1

0.1

6

    

1

0.2

1

0.1

1

0.2

4

0.7

  

5

0.4

7

16

5.2

20

4.8

28

4.4

64

4.7

16

3.9

11

2

17

4.4

44

3.2

8

52

17

70

16.8

117

18.2

239

17.5

91

22.2

114

20.2

95

24.6

300

22.1

9

66

21.6

99

23.8

137

21.3

302

22.1

82

20

113

20

56

14.5

251

18.5

10

126

41.2

159

38.2

263

41

548

40.2

174

42.4

240

42.6

164

42.5

578

42.5

11

42

13.7

65

15.6

87

13.6

194

14.2

43

10.5

79

14

50

13

172

12.6

12

4

1.3

3

0.7

9

1.4

16

1.2

3

0.7

3

0.5

3

0.8

9

0.7

Total

306

 

416

 

642

 

1,364

 

410

 

564

 

386

 

1,360

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