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. 2015 Jun 3;5:10817. doi: 10.1038/srep10817

Table 3. Frequencies of mtDNA M/N haplogroups in Han Chinese patients with SLE and specific clinical manifestations of the disease.

Manifestation mtDNA M/N haplogroup frequency, n (%) χ2 P OR# 95% CI
  Patients with manifestation Patients without manifestation        
  N(%) M(%) N(%) M(%)        
Onset age < 30 years 203 (49.8) 205 (50.2) 236 (51.3) 224 (48.7) 0.208 0.649 0.94 0.72 to 1.227
Lupus nephropathy 260 (50.0) 260 (50.0) 169 (48.6) 179 (51.4) 0.172 0.678 1.059 0.807 to 1.390
anti-dsDNA ( + ) 225 (49.3) 231 (50.7) 203 (49.3) 209 (50.7) 0.000 0.984 1.003 0.768 to 1.309
Hematological system damage 344 (63.9) 194 (36.1) 150 (45.5) 180 (54.5) 28.504  < 0.001* 2.128 1.610 to 2.813
Arthritis 236 (46.9) 267 (53.1) 193 (52.9) 172 (47.1) 3.004 0.083 0.788 0.601 to 1.032
Skin impairment 293 (60.3) 193 (39.7) 171 (44.8) 211 (55.2) 20.716  < 0.001* 1.873 1.428 to 2.457
Alopecia 192 (55.3) 155 (44.7) 252 (48.3) 269 (51.7) 4.041 0.044* 1.322 1.007 to 1.737
Photosensitivity 79 (57.1) 60 (42.9) 359 (49.2) 370 (50.8) 2.690 0.101 1.357 0.941 to 1.956
Oral ulcer 35 (40.2) 52 (59.8) 387 (49.6) 394 (50.4) 2.723 0.099 0.685 0.437 to 1.076
Nervous system disturbances 34 (79.1) 9 (20.9) 403 (48.8) 422 (51.2) 14.932  < 0.001* 3.956 1.874 to 8.352
Raynaud phenomenon 18 (42.9) 24 (57.1) 411 (49.8) 415 (50.2) 0.761 0.383 0.757 0.405 to 1.416

*P < 0.05.

#ORs refer to the risk associated with the mtDNA N haplogroup relative to the mtDNA M haplogroup.