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Table 2 Distribution of autoimmune diseases in PBC patients, controls and FDR

From: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in a genetically homogeneous population: Disease associations and familial occurrence rates

Autoimmune disease

PBC patients (N = 111)

Controls (N = 149)

PBC vs controls p-value, OR (95% C.I.)

FDRs (N = 115)

FDR vs controls p-value OR (95%C.I.)

RA

4.5% (5/111)

0.7% (1/149)

0.087, 7 (0.79-56.64)

3.5% (4/115)

0.171, 5.32 (0.59-47.62)

S.L.E

3.6% (4/111)

1.3% (2/149)

0.407, 2.75 (0.49-15.38)

1.7% (2/115)

1, 1.3 (0.18-9.35)

Scleroderma

1.8% (2/111)

0% (0/149)

0.181, 1.02 (0.99-1.04)

0.9% (1/115)

0.436, 1 (0.99-1.03)

Sarcoidosis

2.7% (3/111)

0.7% (1/149)

0.316, 4.11 (0.42-40)

0.9% (1/115)

1, 1.3 (0.08-20.83)

Sjögren Syndrome

5.4% (6/111)

0.7% (1/149)

0.044*, 8.47 (1–71.43)

0% (0/115)

1, 0.99 (0.98-1.01)

Raynaud

6.3% (7/111)

0.7% (1/149)

0.023*, 10 (1.21-83.33)

2.6% (3/115)

0.321, 3.97 (0.41-38.46)

Eczema

3.6% (4/111)

2.7% (4/149)

0.727, 1.35 (0.33-5.55)

2.6% (3/115)

1, 0.97 (0.21-4.42)

Psoriasis

1.8% (2/111)

1.3% (2/149)

1, 1.35 (0.19-9.71)

3.5% (4/115)

0.409, 2.65 (0.48-14.71)

IBD

1.8% (2/111)

0.7% (1/149)

0.577, 2.72 (0.24-30.3)

0% (0/115)

1, 0.99 (0.98-1.01)

Hashimoto

18% (20/111)

6% (9/149)

0.003*, 3.41 (1.49-7.81)

13.9% (16/115)

0.035*, 2.51 (1,07-5,92)

At least another autoimmune disease

36.9% (41/111)

13.4% (20/149)

<0.0001*, 3.77 (2.06-6.94)

26.1% (30/115)

0.011*, 2.28 (1.21-4.27)

  1. OR = Odds Ratio, *Statistically significant.