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Table 2 Demographic, clinical and laboratory features in anti-MJ (+) and -MJ (-) patients.

From: Anti-MJ/NXP-2 autoantibody specificity in a cohort of adult Italian patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis

 

Anti-MJ (+)

n = 10

Anti-MJ (-)

n = 48

P 1

Demographic data

   

Male

40%

23%

 

Mean age, ys (± SD)

37.6 (± 12)

54.6 (± 14.8)

0.0023

DM/PM/overlap (%)

80/20/0

40/48/13

DM 0.03

Clinical and laboratory data

   

Heliotrope rash

60%

19%

0.01

Calcinosis

30%

8%

0.09

Facial erythema

60%

33%

ns

Gottron's papules

20%

19%

ns

Arthritis

20%

8%

ns

Raynaud's phenomenon

20%

27%

ns

Heart involvement

0%

13%

ns

Interstitial lung disease

0%

33%

0.048

Elevated CPK at last visit

0%

25%

ns

  1. 1P values are by Fisher's exact test except for mean age comparison by Mann-Whitney. CPK, creatine phosphokinase; DM/PM, dermatomyositis/polymyositis; ns, not significant; SD, standard deviation.