Table 3 |
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Distribution of COMT genotypes (Met/Met and pooled Met/Val or Val/Val) in controls and different chronic MSCs groups separated by gender |
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Men |
Women |
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Met/Met |
Met/Val or Val/Val |
p |
Met/Met |
Met/Val or Val/Val |
p |
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Genotypes |
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Controls (%) |
259 |
34.7 |
487 |
65.3 |
246 |
33.2 |
496 |
66.8 |
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Chronic MSCs (%) |
185 |
29.4 |
444 |
70.6 |
0.04 |
272 |
30.2 |
628 |
69.8 |
0.22 |
|
Chronic neck pain (%) |
58 |
26.5 |
161 |
73.5 |
0.03 |
91 |
29.3 |
220 |
70.7 |
0.25 |
|
Chronic shoulder pain (%) |
72 |
28.3 |
182 |
71.7 |
0.07 |
109 |
31.4 |
238 |
68.6 |
0.62 |
|
Chronic elbow pain (%) |
20 |
22.7 |
68 |
77.3 |
0.03 |
52 |
32.1 |
110 |
67.9 |
0.87 |
|
Chronic wrist/hand pain (%) |
36 |
27.9 |
93 |
72.1 |
0.16 |
68 |
28.9 |
167 |
71.1 |
0.26 |
|
Chronic chest/abdomen pain (%) |
17 |
28.3 |
43 |
71.7 |
0.39 |
37 |
35.9 |
66 |
64.1 |
0.66 |
|
Chronic upper back pain (%) |
30 |
37.5 |
50 |
62.5 |
0.71 |
63 |
33.7 |
124 |
66.3 |
0.96 |
|
Chronic lower back pain (%) |
67 |
30.7 |
151 |
69.3 |
0.31 |
87 |
28.2 |
221 |
71.8 |
0.14 |
|
Chronic hip pain (%) |
44 |
28.0 |
113 |
72.0 |
0.13 |
94 |
32.1 |
199 |
67.9 |
0.80 |
|
Chronic knee pain (%) |
46 |
28.4 |
116 |
71.6 |
0.15 |
91 |
30.3 |
209 |
69.7 |
0.42 |
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Chronic ankle/foot pain (%) |
40 |
29.0 |
98 |
71.0 |
0.23 |
75 |
28.8 |
185 |
71.2 |
0.23 |
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Chronic widespread pain (%) |
60 |
30.0 |
140 |
70.0 |
0.24 |
102 |
30.7 |
230 |
69.3 |
0.47 |
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Hagen et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2006 7:40 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-7-40 |
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