Skip to main content

Table 1 The characteristics of participants in the NFOAS cohort

From: Genomic heterozygosity is associated with a lower risk of osteoarthritis

Demographic

Osteoarthritis (n = 559)

P-value*

Controls (n = 118)

P-value*

 

Hip

Knee

   

Mean Age Years (± SD)

66.5 (± 8.7)

 

56.4 (± 8.9)

 < 0.0005

67.4 (± 10.0)

66.0 (± 7.9)

0.086

N/A

 

Sex (Female %)

55

 

59

0.401

51

57

0.190

N/A

 

Mean BMI (kg/m2, ± SD)

33.7 (± 6.8)

  

 29.5 (± 4.9)

< 0.0005

31.1 (± 6.2)

34.9 (± 6.7)

 < 0.001

N/A

 
  1. Hip n = 172, Knee n = 387
  2. *Two-sided student t-test