Comparative analysis of sodium coupled vitamin C transporter 2 in human osteoarthritis grade 1 and grade 3 tissues

Table 1 List of donors and ∆∆Ct values

Sample no.	Sex	Age	Relative ∆∆CT Ct compared to OA1 grade
1	F	70	−2.11
2	F	72	−6.69
3	M	62	−8.29
4	F	57	−3.01
5	F	56	−4.89
6	F	67	−0.67
7	M	69	−2.11
8	M	70	−1.76
9	F	70	−0.68
10	F	76	−6.37
11	M	70	−4.86
12	F	78	−4.26
13	F	68	−3.22
14	M	63	−3.26
15	M	74	−1.60
16	M	71	−1.19
17	M	78	0.54
18	F	61	−4.22
19	M	61	0.03
20	F	56	−0.54
21	F	55	−2.70
22	F	61	1.96
23	F	61	NA*
24	M	63	−3.35
25	M	63	0.19
26	M	77	−2.49
27	M	73	−0.88
28	F	69	−3.02
29	F	45	−1.24

NA* = No ct values/ amplification in OA3.
∆∆CT (delta delta Ct) is the difference between control and experimental samples.It is explained below the Table 2. (∆∆CT SVCT2: Different between control (OA1) ∆CT values and OA3 ∆CT values).