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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Mar;63(3):640–644. doi: 10.1002/art.30160

Table 1.

Prevalence of Microchimerism with the SE in Healthy Women and Women with RA

Any SE Study subjects Number of
Observations
Prevalence
N (%)
Adjusted*
OR (95% CI)
p-value
Healthy women 68 7 (10) 1.0
Women with RA 104 30 (29) 4.1 (1.6 – 10.0) 0.003
SE type
QKRAA Healthy women 34 1 (3) 1.0
Women with RA 52 9 (17) 11.5 (1.3-102.5) 0.03
QRRAA Healthy women 34 6 (18) 1.0
Women with RA 52 21 (40) 3.1 (1.1-9.2) 0.04
*

Adjusted for age at draw date.