Interaction between GDF5 gene polymorphisms and environment factors increased the risk of knee osteoarthritis: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT: Using a case-control design, we assessed the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of growth and differentiation factor 5 (GDF5)/rs143383 gene and interaction with environments and knee osteoarthritis (KOA). We recruited 288 KOA patients from the First Clinical College, Henan University of Chinese Medicine between June 2017 and May 2018. There was significant difference in genotype distribution between case group and control group (χ2 = 22.661, P=0.000). The minor C allele was significantly higher in the case group than that in the control group (20.5 vs 8.1%, P=0.000, odds ratio (OR) = 1.62, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.29-2.03). Significant differences were also observed in other gene models. For age, all models show significant differences (P<0.05) for those whos

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390126 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature