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Table 2.

Distribution of AMA-positive samples of primary biliary cirrhosis patients and biochemically normal individuals according to the reactivity in multiple assays for autoantibodies

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BN biochemically normal individuals, BN/AID biochemically normal individuals with some other autoimmune disease, PBC primary biliary cirrhosis, PBC/AID primary biliary cirrhosis plus other autoimmune disease

^aBN/AID × PBC (p = 0.021)

^bPBC × BN (p = 0.003); PBC/AID × BN (p = 0.004)

^cPBC × BN (p = 0.023); PBC/AID × BN (p = 0.007)

^d1 isotype: BN × PBC (p = 0.006) and BN × PBC/AID (p = 0.003); 3 isotypes: PBC × BN (p = 0.013) and PBC/AID × BN (p = 0.008)

^eBN × PBC (p = 0.019) and BN × PBC/AID (p = 0.048)

^fPBC × BN (p = 0.004)

^gPBC/AID × PBC (p = 0.014); PBC/AID × BN (p < 0.001); PBC/AID × BN/AID (p = 0.021)

^h1 cellular target: BN/AID × PBC/AID (p = 0.008); BN × PBC/AID (p = 0.003); ≥3 cellular targets PBC/AID × BN (p < 0.001); PBC/AID × BN/AID (p = 0.005); PBC × BN (p = 0.048)