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Table 1 Mean telomere length in OA patients and healthy controls and in carriers of the mtDNA haplogroup J

From: mtDNA haplogroup J Modulates telomere length and Nitric Oxide production

 

n

Mean age ± SD

T/S ratio ± SD

p*

OA patients

79

69.46 ± 8.97

0.986 ± 0.261

0.684

Healthy controls

166

51.92 ± 18.45

1.008 ± 0.287

 

Haplogroup J

155

52.97 ± 17.60

1.039 ± 0.287

0.003**

Non-J

90

65.22 ± 15.98

0.933 ± 0.254

 
  1. (*) Mann-Whitney non-parametric U-test
  2. (**) indicates statistical significance (p ≤ 0.05)
  3. SD = Standard deviation