Characteristic | RA families (n = 434) |
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Females (n (%)) | 375 (86%) |
Mean age at disease onset (years) (± standard deviation) | 31.1 (9.7) |
Mean disease duration (years) (± standard deviation) | 9.8(8.5) |
With bone erosions (n (%)) | 336 (77%) |
Seropositive for rheumatoid factor (n (%)) | 323 (76%) (out of 425 RA patients) |
Seropositive for anti-cycle citrullinated peptides antibodies (n (%)) | 214 (76%) (out of 282 RA patients) |
Carrying at least one HLA-DRB1 shared epitope allele (n (%))a | 152 (77%) (out of 197 RA patients) |
Carrying at least one PTPN22-1858T allele (n (%)) | 115 (27%) |
Carrying the TRAF1/C5 rs10818488-A variant (n (%)) | 277 (64%) |