Table 3.

Allele counts and frequency of the D6S1276 BMP5 microsatellite in men with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and in control men from the three sample collections

	Controls								Knee OA
	Spain		Greece		UK		Total		Spain		Greece		UK		Total
Alleles	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
5	1	0.2					1	0.1					2	0.6	2	0.4
6	1	0.2	2	0.8	1	0.2	4	0.3
7	23	4	3	1.2	30	4.5	56	3.8	2	2.2	1	0.8	18	5.6	21	3.9
8	108	18.9	56	22.2	139	21	303	20.4	25	27.8	25	19.5	63	19.5	113	20.9
9	122	21.3	48	19	145	21.9	315	21.2	15	16.7	26	20.3	48	14.9	89	16.5
10	236	41.3	105	41.7	262	39.6	603	40.6	36	40	52	40.6	139	43.2	227	42.0
11	73	12.8	33	13.1	81	12.2	187	12.6	10	11.1	23	18	51	15.8	84	15.6
12	7	1.2	3	1.2	3	0.5	13	0.9	2	2.2	1	0.8	1	0.3	4	0.7
13			2	0.8	1	0.2	3	0.2
14	1	0.2					1	0.1
Total	572		252		662		1,486		90		128		322		540