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. 2005 Apr 28;7(4):R844–R851. doi: 10.1186/ar1752

Table 2.

Mitochondrial mutational burden data of OA and RA patient synoviocyte tissue and cultured fibroblasts

Number of mutations Total mutational burden (mutations/kbp) OA vs RAa

Mitochondrial mutational burden Nucleotides sequenced Initial Published polymorphisms removed Initial Published polymorphisms removed Initial Published Polymorphisms removed
Total
 Fibroblasts
  OA 18489 38 20 2.055 1.082
  RA 30503 101 65 3.311 2.131 ρ = 0.01 ρ = 6.9 × 10-3
 Tissue
  OA 37145 67 40 1.804 1.077
  RA 17663 60 42 3.397 2.378 ρ = 4 × 10-4 ρ = 5.1 × 10-4
Expressed
 Fibroblasts
  OA 6956 12 7 1.725 1.006
  RA 12394 28 26 2.259 2.098 ρ = 0.5 ρ = 0.10
 Tissue
  OA 15805 10 10 0.633 0.633
  RA 6397 16 14 2.501 2.189 ρ = 6 × 10-4 ρ = 2.7 × 10-3

aTwo-tailed Fisher's exact test. kbp, kilobase pairs; OA, osteoarthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.