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. 2019 Oct;20(10):849–860. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B1900205

Table 3.

Autoantibody expression according to cGVHD NIH global severity and activity

Characteristics Autoantibody*
ANA*
Positive (n=25) Negative (n=9) OR 95% CI P Positive (n=19) Negative (n=15) OR 95% CI P
 cGVHD severity at enrollment
 Mild 5 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 1.250 1.028–1.521 0.146 4 (21.1) 1 (6.7) 3.730 0.371–37.58 0.240
 Moderate 11 (44.0) 4 (44.4) 0.982 0.212–4.553 0.982 9 (47.4) 6 (40.0) 1.350 0.343–5.315 0.667
 Severe 9 (36.0) 5 (55.6) 0.450 0.096–2.120 0.307 6 (31.5) 8 (53.3) 0.404 0.099–1.640 0.201
 cGVHD activity
 Active 17 (68.0) 6 (66.7) 1.063 0.210–5.737 0.942 12 (63.2) 11 (73.3) 0.623 0.142–2.727 0.529
 Non-active 8 (32.0) 3 (33.3) 7 (36.8) 4 (26.7)


Characteristics Anti-Ro/SS-A 52 kDa*

Positive (n=6) Negative (n=28) OR 95% CI P

 cGVHD severity at enrollment
 Mild 2 (33.3) 3 (10.7) 4.167 0.522–33.200 0.162
 Moderate 3 (50.0) 11 (39.3) 1.545 0.263–9.082 0.628
 Severe 1 (16.7) 14 (50.0) 0.200 0.021–1.930 0.136
 cGVHD activity
 Active 3 (50.0) 20 (71.4) 0.400 0.066–2.415 0.309
 Non-active 3 (50.0) 8 (28.6)
*

Data are expressed as number (percentage). cGVHD, chronic graft-versus-host disease; NIH, National Institutes of Health; ANA, anti-mitochondrial antibody; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval