Figure 2.
![Figure 2. Healthy subjects carrying the haplotype B or C display higher serum levels of OPN than homozygotes for haplotype A. Two groups of subjects were evaluated (ie, random healthy subjects [n = 50] and the healthy relatives belonging to the families shown in Figure 3 [n = 12]). The genotypes are indicated with different symbols as shown in the figure. The bold horizontal lines indicate the median values for each group; the dotted line, the 95th percentile of the controls. The P values were calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test.](https://ash.silverchair-cdn.com/ash/content_public/journal/blood/103/4/10.1182_blood-2003-05-1748/6/zh80040456600002.jpeg?Expires=1735561945&Signature=ej6f~o~EyuuCnmuUA5DjIuFhE6zUP689eAyO8tM2414mTiktfyZ7IA7yOztB01TSwlFQmOPJETJ5NtCnrCvv7swyPzghFhoAbJEHLU9lhxTsYMf8ObPc~E-CDf8MmrN3fPID~sf38F6OBaBREpQoZ4viAHfnWJqMNxkOBDZFh4EeW0ub8n~QNUTGLeC79He-rkjNwqrqY1PxLFW6CR13o1KNz8PG0GB3Jlfli~WYjztEUIGok1KRjts-tPEOq~52qsP7EsgUVZNLWGvEJ~pt9cHOtKyPpMIbHS5pn97oy7F7DkoWu9fVqTIF0exBUMlq1WGb369OMkb7u5xaV4lQWA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA)
Healthy subjects carrying the haplotype B or C display higher serum levels of OPN than homozygotes for haplotype A. Two groups of subjects were evaluated (ie, random healthy subjects [n = 50] and the healthy relatives belonging to the families shown in Figure 3 [n = 12]). The genotypes are indicated with different symbols as shown in the figure. The bold horizontal lines indicate the median values for each group; the dotted line, the 95th percentile of the controls. The P values were calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test.
