No significant differences were detected in allele or genotype distribution of VEGF -2578C>A (P = 0.91 and P = 0.86, respectively), -460T>C (P = 0.75 and P = 0.93, respectively), +936C>T (P = 0.58 and P = 0.81, respectively) and KDR -604C>T (P = 0.18 and P = 0.09, respectively), 1192G>A (P = 0.19 and P = 0.16, respectively) and 1719T>A (P = 0.31 and P = 0.45, respectively) SNPs between tendinopathy cases and controls. The gene discussed is KDR; the disease is disease of the tendon.