Table 1.

KLOTHO allele distribution in newborn and elderly individuals

Allele	Newborn, n	Elderly, n	χ2	P
Marker 1
5	274	196	0.14	0.71
7	396	295	0.03	0.87
8	13	12	0.32	0.57
12	20	17	0.19	0.66
13	29	16	0.89	0.34
14	36	31	0.42	0.52
15	162	137	1.60	0.20
16	78	62	0.21	0.65
17	91	32	14.0	0.00014
18	21	21	1.00	0.32
19	8	10	1.30	0.26
Totals	1,153	850
Overall comparison			19.3	P < 0.04
Marker 2
1	54	29	1.50	0.23
2	12	12	0.76	0.38
5	15	8	0.41	0.52
6	71	34	3.60	0.06
7	542	369	0.45	0.50
8	285	217	1.00	0.32
9	56	55	3.30	0.07
10	42	37	1.00	0.31
11	44	33	0.08	0.78
12	65	41	0.32	0.57
Totals	1,196	842
Overall comparison			11.5	P > 0.25

Bold type indicates significant χ² values (P < 0.05). Alleles with frequencies less than 1% in both newborn and elderly groups were not included for analysis, but were included to derive the total n.