Research Article

Expression of Genes and Their Polymorphism Influences the Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 3

Genotype association between SNP in GDF-5 (BsiE1) gene and knee osteoarthritis (KOA).

All subjects Women Men
Control (%)Case (%)OR, (95% CI), valueControl (%)
276
Case (%)
295
OR, (95% CI), valueControl (%) 224Case (%)
205
OR, (95% CI), value

Genotype
 BsiE1 (rs 143383)
  CC97 (19.40)75 (15.00)1.00, (Ref)58 (21.01)47 (15.93)1.00, (Ref)39 (17.41)28 (13.65)1.00, (Ref)
  CT272 (54.4)226 (45.20)1.07, (0.75–1.52), 0.686137 (49.63)117 (39.66)1.05, (0.66–1.66), 0.821135 (60.26)109 (53.17)1.12, (0.65–1.94), 0.673
  TT131 (26.2)199 (39.80)1.96, (1.35–2.85), 81 (29.34)131 (44.40)1.99, (1.24–3.20), 50 (22.32)68 (33.17)1.89, (1.03–3.47),

Allele
 C466 (46.6)376 (37.6)1.00, (Ref)253 (45.83)211 (35.76)1.00, (Ref)213 (47.54)165 (40.24)1.00, (Ref)
 T534 (53.4)624 (62.4)1.44, (1.21–1.73), 299 (54.16)379 (64.23)1.52, (1.19–1.92), 235 (52.45)245 (59.75)1.34, (1.02–1.76),

OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; Ref, reference category; p < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.