Table 4.

Genotype and allele frequencies and odds ratios of MATN3 SNP6 (rs8176070) in control, lumbar OA cases.

	Normal	All lumber OA	P a	OR (95% CI)
Genotype	n = 312 (%)	n = 286 (%)
bb	149 (47.8)	122 (42.7)
Bb	126 (40.4)	117 (40.9)	0.177	1.297 (0.889–1.892)
BB	37 (11.9)	47 (16.4)	0.020	1.880 (1.103–3.204)
Allele	n = 624 (%)	n = 572 (%)
b	424 (67.9)	361 (63.1)
B	200 (32.1)	211 (36.9)	0.079	1.239 (0.976–1.574)

n: number of samples.

^a P < 0.05, significantly different, compared with the control group.