Table 2 Risk of craniosynostosis in SMAD6 variant carriers in the presence/absence of the BMP2 risk allele (C).

From: SMAD6 variants in craniosynostosis: genotype and phenotype evaluation

 

SMAD6 / BMP2 genotypes

CRS (+)

CRS (-)

Fisher’s exact P value (one-tailed)

This work

SMAD6 (+) / BMP2 risk allele (+)

17

12

 

SMAD6 (+) / BMP2 risk allele (-)

11

8

0.60

Timberlake et al.4,18

SMAD6 (+) / BMP2 risk allele (+)

15

1

 

SMAD6 (+) / BMP2 risk allele (-)

6

19

0.000011

Combined

SMAD6 (+) / BMP2 risk allele (+)

32

13

 

SMAD6 (+) / BMP2 risk allele (-)

17

27

0.0019

  1. CRS craniosynostosis.