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SUBMITTER: Zhong F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5972263 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhong Fuhua F Lu Jianwei J Wang Yangxin Y Song Hongpu H
The Journal of international medical research 20180108 3
Objective This study was performed to investigate the association between genetic variation in SMAD3 and hip osteoarthritis (OA) in a Chinese Han population. Methods The frequency of two single nucleotide polymorphisms of SMAD3, rs1470002 and rs12901499, was examined in 500 patients with hip OA and 1080 healthy controls in a Chinese Han population. Further analysis was performed according to sex and age. Results We detected statistically significant differences in the allele frequency and genoty ...[more]