TABLE 6.

ANALYSIS INVESTIGATING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EXON LOCATION OF THE BHD MUTATION AND PRESENCE AND NUMBER OF PNEUMOTHORACES

	Pneumothorax			No. of Pneumothoraces
Exon	No	Yes	p Value	0	1	2	3+	p Value
5	7	0		7	0	0	0
6	4	2		4	2	0	0
7	10	1		10	1	0	0
9	9	8	0.01	9	2	3	3	0.012
11	57	18	(M)	57	4	10	4	(K-W OC)
12	4	5		4	1	3	1
13	0	2		0	1	1	0
14	2	0		2	0	0	0

Definition of abbreviations: K-W OC = Kruskal-Wallis test for ordered columns M = Mehta's modification of Fisher's exact test.