Table 1

ORs for disease risk in different subsets of rheumatoid arthritis in carriers of HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) compared with non-carriers

HLA-DRB1 SE
ACPACEP-1/Cit-vim/Cit-fib/Cit-C1AnyNoneOR*95% CI
Control groupNA6436351.0Ref
Case groups+/−/−/−59125.12.7 to 9.5
−/+/−/−108186.03.6 to 10.0
−/−/+/−28211.40.75 to 2.5
−/−/−/+91571.61.11 to 2.3
+/+/−/−97249.612.1 to 202.5
+/−/+/−2173.21.3 to 7.6
+/−/−/+43315.04.6 to 49.0
−/+/+/−1882.31.0 to 5.4
−/+/−/+69106.93.5 to 13.6
−/−/+/+36142.51.3 to 4.7
  • * Adjusted for age, gender and residence area.

  • ACPA, anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies.