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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Liver Dis. 2013 Mar 11;45(7):589–594. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.01.028

Table 6.

Summary of odds ratios from published Primary Biliary Cirrhosis case-control risk factor studies: familial, medical, and reproductive measures.

Corpechot15 Prince14 Gershwin13 MCPGE Registry
PBC cases 222 318 Epidemiological Cases * 1,032 522
2,258 Foundation Cases **

Controls 509 2,438 1,041 616

Family history of PBC OR = 6.8 (FDR) OR = 2.3* OR = 10.7 (FDR) OR = 5.7 (FDR)
OR = 4.4** OR = 12.1

Sjögren syndrome OR = 11.9 n/a OR = 22.7 OR = 10.2 (P < 0.001)
Family history of Sjögren syndrome NS n/a OR = 5.8 n/a

Raynaud syndrome OR = 7.2 n/a OR = 5.7 OR = 3.8 (P < 0.001)

History of autoimmune disease OR = 6 n/a OR = 3.2 OR = 4.2 (P < 0.001)

Tobacco
 Current OR = 1.7 OR = 1.5*, OR = 1.4** OR = 2 OR = 1.4 (P = 0.29)
 Significant history NS OR = 1.6*, OR = 1.5** OR = 1.6 OR = 1.6 (P < 0.001)
OR = 1.6*, OR = 1.6**
 Second-hand exposure OR = 3.5 n/a n/a OR = 1.6 (P = 0.01)

Urinary tract infections OR =2.7 OR = 2.1*, OR = 1.8** OR = 1.5 OR = 1.7 (P < 0.001)
OR = 2.4*, OR = 1.7** OR = 1.4

Tonsillectomy NS OR = 2.4*, OR = 1.7** OR = 1.3 OR = 1.5 (P = 0.001)
NS*, OR = 1.7**

Cholecystectomy OR = 1.8 n/a OR = 1.8 OR = 2.6 (P < 0.001)

Any type vaccine OR = 0.4 n/a n/a n/a

Tetanus vaccine OR = 0.3 n/a n/a n/a

Influenza vaccine OR = 0.3 n/a n/a OR = 0.9 (P = 0.42)
n/a n/a n/a OR = 1.4 (P = 0.01)

Measles

OCP OR = 0.6 n/a NS OR = 1.0 (P = 0.82)
OR = 0.7

HRT NS n/a OR = 1.5 OR = 1.2 (P = 0.15)
OR = 1.6

Pregnancy pruritus OR = 3.9 OR = NS*, OR = 2.1** n/a OR = 2.0 (P = 0.01)
OR = 2.1*, OR = 2.2**

Abortion OR = 2 n/a n/a n/a

PBC: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

OR: Odds Ratio

MCPGE Registry: Mayo Clinic PBC Genetic Epidemiology Registry

FDR: Analysis included first-degree relatives only

OCP: Oral Contraceptive Pills

HRT: Hormone replacement therapy

NS: Not statistically significant

n/a: not available for analysis

*

Epidemiologic cases14

**

Foundation cases14

Italics: Odds ratio calculated from associated study multivariate analysis