Research Article

Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Estrogen Receptor Alpha Gene with Susceptibility to Knee Osteoarthritis: A Case-Control Study in a Chinese Han Population

Table 2

Genotype and allele frequencies of rs2234693 and rs9340799 of the ESR1 gene in the Han Chinese population.

GroupNumberrs2234693rs9340799
Genotype (frequency)Allele (frequency)H-WENumberGenotype (frequency)Allele (frequency)H-WE
TTTCCCTC AAAGGGAG

OA
 All469167 (0.356)217 (0.463)85 (0.181)551 (0.587)387 (0.413)0.325469288 (0.614)152 (0.324)29 (0.062)728 (0.776)210 (0.224)0.144
 Female356119 (0.334)170 (0.478)67 (0.188)408 (0.573)304 (0.427)0.649356210 (0.590)122 (0.343)24 (0.067)542 (0.761)170 (0.239)0.280
 Male11348 (0.425)47 (0.416)18 (0.159)143 (0.633)83 (0.367)0.26411377 (0.682)30 (0.265)6 (0.053)184 (0.814)42 (0.186)0.192
Control
 All514198 (0.385)242 (0.471)74 (0.144)638 (0.621)390 (0.379)0.997522348 (0.667)155 (0.297)19 (0.036)851 (0.815)193 (0.185)0.736
 Female12047 (0.392)61 (0.508)12 (0.100)155 (0.646)85 (0.0354)0.22312482 (0.661)40 (0.323)2 (0.016)204 (0.823)44 (0.177)0.242
 Male394151 (0.383)181 (0.459)62 (0.158)483 (0.613)305 (0.387)0.528398266 (0.668)115 (0.289)17 (0.043)647 (0.813)149 (0.187)0.314

No.: number; H-WE: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.