Table 4

Odds ratios for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to presence or absence of SE, PTPN22 R620W and PADI4_94 risk alleles: allele 2 (minor allele) vs allele 1 (common allele)

Presence of risk alleleAll casesCCP positive casesCCP negative cases
PADI4_94PTPN22Case:controlOR (95% CI)AP (CI)Case:controlOR (95% CI)AP (CI)Case:controlOR (95% CI)AP (CI)
NoneNone876:810Referent0.0 (–0.4 to 0.4)340:810Referent0.0 (–0.3 to 0.3)182:810Referent0.0 (–0.4 to 0.4)
PresentNone1771:16181.0 (0.9 to 1.1)680:16181.0 (0.9 to 1.2)349:16181.0 (0.8 to 1.2)
NonePresent334:1911.6 (1.3 to 2.0)146:1911.8 (1.4 to 2.3)51:1911.2 (0.8 to 1.7)
PresentPresent679:3861.6 (1.4 to 1.9)300:386 1.9 (1.5 to 2.3)102:3861.2 (0.9 to 1.5)
PADI4_94SE
NoneNone244:231Referent0.1 (–0.1 to 0.3)62:231Referent0.1 (–0.1 to 0.3)94:231Referent0.2 (–0.1 to 0.5)
PresentNone503:4781.0 (0.8 to 1.2)154:4781.2 (0.9 to 1.7)162:4780.8 (0.6 to 1.1)
NonePresent747:2143.3 (2.6 to 4.2)382:2146.7 (4.8 to 9.2)118:2141.4 (1.0 to 1.9)
PresentPresent1500:3783.8 (3.0 to 4.6)747:378 7.4 (5.4 to 10.0)240:3781.6 (1.2 to 2.1)
PTPN22SE
NoneNone553:563Referent0.3 (0.1 to 0.5)145:563Referent0.4 (0.1 to 0.6)204:563Referent0.2 (–0.1 to 0.5)
PresentNone200:1411.4 (1.1 to 1.8)71:141 2.0 (0.7 to 5.7)52:1411.0 (0.7 to 1.5)
NonePresent1610:4743.5 (3.0 to 4.0)779:474 6.4 (5.1 to 7.9)270:4741.6 (1.3 to 2.0)
PresentPresent626:1165.5 (4.4 to 6.9)347:11611.6 (8.8 to 15.3)87:1162.1 (1.5 to 2.9)
  • Present, 1 or 2 copies of SE, PTPN22 R620W risk allele or PADI4_94 putative risk allele. Significant results in bold.

  • None, no copies.

  • AP, attributable proportion; CCP, cyclic citrullinated peptide; SE, shared epitope.