Personally me, I do not understand results of the study. Authors claim THOs VNTR long alleles as a risk factor (according to PMID:9887369) and in this study theyve observed association between THO long alleles frequency and U haplogroup of mtDNA in centenarians... And what?
Ethnicity:Italian Age of cases: 100-105 Shorter lived allele: Long alleles + U haplogroup Finding: Positive
Statistics - Number of cases/controls: 202 (55m, 145 f) vs 82 (43 m, 39 f) (initial)
- p-value:
0.045
[0.045]
- Significant: Yes
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