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Table 1 Demographic data of the participants

From: Genetic polymorphism of WNT9A is functionally associated with thumb osteoarthritis in the Chinese population

 

HOA Patients

(n = 953)

Normal controls

(n = 1124)

P

Age (years)

47.8 ± 11.3

46.9 ± 13.4

0.11

Gender

  

0.34

 Male

511

627

 

 Female

442

497

 

BMI (kg/m2)

25.8 ± 5.3

25.5 ± 6.1

0.24

Smoking

  

0.45

 Yes

239

299

 

 No

714

825

 

Alcohol consumption

  

0.32

 Yes

317

398

 

 No

636

726

 

KL grade, n (%)

   

 2

314 (32.9%)

  

 3

331 (34.7%)

  

 4

308 (32.3%)

  

PAS, n (%)

   

 1–3

429 (45%)

  

 4–6

305 (32%)

  

 7–10

219 (23%)

  
  1. The continuous descriptive data were displayed as the mean ± standard deviation (SD)