title: Association of polymorphisms in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma gene and osteoarthritis of the knee.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the association between two common polymorphisms in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) gene and susceptibility to, and severity of, osteoarthritis in a French-Canadian population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Genomic DNA was obtained from 172 patients with osteoarthritis and 210 ethnically matched healthy controls. Genotyping for the polymorphisms in the PPARgamma gene (Pro12Ala and C1431T) was carried out using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The standard Kellgren-Lawrence grading score and the French version of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index were used to assess the radiological and functional severity of the disease. Estimated haplotypes were generated using the expectation maximisation algorithm. Genotype and allele frequencies were analysed using the chi2 test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Genotype and allele frequencies for either polymorphism in the PPARgamma gene did not differ significantly between patients with osteoarthritis and controls. Moreover, no significant differences were observed after stratification of patients according to age at disease onset, radiological or functional severity. Similarly, haplotype analysis of both polymorphisms in the PPARgamma gene showed no association of any haplotype with susceptibility to, or severity of, osteoarthritis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that the examined polymorphisms in the PPARgamma gene do not contribute to susceptibility to, or severity of, osteoarthritis in the French-Canadian population.
authors.affiliation: Osteoarthritis Research Unit, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Afif
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martel-Pelletier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benderdour
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hilal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Haraoui
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Raynauld
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choquette
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fahmi
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000235:genetics*; D047495:PPAR gamma / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D047495:PPAR gamma