Table 1 Association between anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies and shared epitope (SE) alleles
Anti-CCP+Anti-CCP–OR (95% CI)
SE/SE8175.2 (2.0 to 13.6)
SE/X98321.1 (0.7 to 2.9)
X/X38181 (–)
S2/S3P5445.8 (1.8 to 18.6)
S2/S21422.8 (0.6 to 13.6)
S3P/S3P1314.3 (0.5 to 35.6)
S2/L46111.9 (0.8 to 4.6)
S3P/L52211.2 (0.5 to 2.5)
L/L38181 (–)
  • Anti-CCP+, presence of anti-CCP antibodies; anti-CCP–, absence of anti-CCP antibodies; S2, HLA-DRB1*0401,*1303; S3p, *0101,*0102,*0404,*0408,*1001; L, all other HLA-DRB1 alleles.