tRNA-Derived Fragment tRF-5009A Regulates Autophagy and Degeneration of Cartilage in Osteoarthritis via Targeting mTOR

Table 4

Correlation between mTOR expression and the baseline characteristics of patients with knee osteoarthritis ().

Characteristics	mTOR expression		value
	Low	High
Age (years)
<65	5	6	0.712
≥65	7	12
Gender
Male	3	3	0.660
Female	9	15
Obesity gradation
Underweight	0	0	0.422
Normal weight	5	4
Overweight	5	7
Obesity	2	7
Affected side
Left	7	9	0.654
Right	5	9
Disease duration (years)
<10	8	10	0.709
≥10	4	8
Kellgren-Lawrence gradation
III	10	3	0.001
IV	2	5

values were analyzed using the chi-squared test with as significant.