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Table 4 Association of smoking or HLA-DRB1 SE and anti-CPP3 IgG in patients with RA compared with controls adjusted for age and sex

From: Concentration of antibodies against Porphyromonas gingivalis is increased before the onset of symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

 

Anti-CPP3 IgG

RA patients, n (%)

Controls, n (%)

OR (95 % CI)

Smokinga

 –

58 (30.2)

90 (49.7)

Ref.

 +

119 (62.0)

85 (47.0)

1.73 (1.10–2.72)

 –

+

5 (2.6)

2 (1.1)

4.04 (0.73–22.32)

 +

+

10 (5.2)

4 (2.2)

3.61 (1.05–12.44)

RERI = −1.17 (−18.21, 8.19), AP = −0.30 (−7.38, 0.46), SI = 0.71 (0.08–6.55), MI = 0.46 (0.059–3.59), p value = 0.46

HLA-DRB1 SEb

 –

64 (33.3)

107 (62.6))

Ref.

 +

113 (58.9)

59 (34.5)

3.33 (2.11–5.23)

 –

+

6 (3.1)

3 (1.8)

3.55 (0.84–15.03)

 +

+

9 (4.7)

2 (1.2)

8.80 (1.80–43.03)

RERI = 1.98 (−10.10, 30.25), AP = 0.26 (−3.96, 0.57), SI =1.44 (0.18–11.19), MI = 0.70 (0.08–5.81), p value = 0.74

  1. aDefined as ever smoker
  2. b HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) defined as 0101/0401/0404/0405/0408
  3. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, RERI relative excess due to interaction, AP attributable proportion due to interaction, SI synergy index, MI multiplicative interaction