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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lupus. 2021 May 12;30(8):1264–1272. doi: 10.1177/09612033211014952

Table 2:

Clinical diagnoses associated with a weighted genetic risk score for systemic lupus erythematosus

BioVU eMERGE


Clinical diagnoses #
Cases
#
Controls
OR (95%CI) FDR (q) #
Cases
#
Controls
OR (95%CI) FDR (q)


Lupus (localized and systemic) 867 47037 1.73 [1.62, 1.85] 6.64E-55 418 18304 1.82 [1.66, 2.00] 6.62E-35
Systemic lupus erythematosus 880 47037 1.71 [1.60, 1.82] 2.26E-53 393 18305 1.86 [1.69, 2.04] 6.62E-35
Diffuse diseases of connective tissue 1034 47690 1.58 [1.48, 1.68] 1.55E-44 797 17923 1.28 [1.19, 1.37] 1.07E-10
Erythematous conditions 1916 48513 1.28 [1.22, 1.34] 1.72E-22 3029 18445 1.08 [1.04, 1.13] 1.55E-04
Sicca syndrome 388 47650 1.60 [1.45, 1.77] 6.63E-18 318 17740 1.29 [1.16, 1.44] 2.29E-05
Cutaneous lupus erythematosus 161 47160 1.79 [1.54, 2.08] 1.31E-11 120 18302 2.02 [1.71, 2.40] 5.12E-15
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 1623 48410 1.21 [1.15, 1.27] 5.07E-11 1262 21595 1.20 [1.13, 1.26] 4.73E-09
Chronic hepatitis 285 46822 1.53 [1.37, 1.72] 5.41E-11 140 18968 1.11 [0.94, 1.31] 0.251
RA and other inflammatory polyarthropathies 2024 48385 1.19 [1.13, 1.24] 5.84E-11 1531 21594 1.18 [1.12, 1.25] 1.33 E-09
Systemic sclerosis 269 47798 1.51 [1.34, 1.70] 1.81E-09 313 17908 1.35 [1,20, 1.50] 9.72E-07
Celiac disease 242 37413 1.53 [1.35, 1.73] 3.69E-09 179 13860 1.31 [1.13, 1.51] 5.29E-04
Hypothyroidism NOS 7095 44977 1.09 [1.06, 1.12] 8.63E-08 5489 19992 1.07 [1.04, 1.10] 5.73E-05
Hypothyroidism 6807 44975 1.09 [1.06, 1.12] 2.43E-07 5229 20012 1.07 [1.04, 1.10] 7.40E-05
Nephritis and nephropathy classified elsewhere 327 42085 1.39 [1.24, 1.55] 3.62E-07 554 18075 1.17 [1.07, 1.27] 6.46E-04
Type 1 diabetes with renal manifestations 276 38522 1.41 [1.26, 1.59] 8.16E-07 165 17977 1.38 [1.19, 1.60] 7.28E-05
Other immunological findings 768 51528 1.22 [1.14, 1.31] 4.43E-06 437 26572 1.10 [1.01, 1.21] 0.062
Other specified diffuse diseases of connective tissue 241 47543 1.42 [1.25, 1.61] 6.28E-06 72 17792 1.21 [0.97, 1.53] 0.131
Unspecified diffuse connective tissue disease 149 46663 1.47 [1.25, 1.73] 1.84E-04 267 17937 1.30 [1.16, 1.47] 5.59E-05
Primary biliary cirrhosis 230 42393 1.34 [1.18, 1.53] 5.85E-04 73 20749 1.14 [0.90, 1.43] 0.293
Type 1 diabetes 1881 38647 1.11 [1.06, 1.17] 6.43E-04 1156 18035 1.11 [1.05, 1.18] 9.55E-04
Nephritis; nephrosis; renal sclerosis 836 42105 1.17 [1.09, 1.26] 6.66E-04 1263 18185 1.13 [1.06, 1.19] 1.10E-04
Raynaud's syndrome 438 46322 1.24 [1.13, 1.36] 6.72E-04 687 17499 1.17 [1.09, 1.27] 1.10E-04
Renal failure NOS 834 42085 1.17 [1.09, 1.25] 8.92E-04 824 18003 1.06 [0.99, 1.13] 0.156
Nephritis & nephropathy without glomerulonephritis 471 42066 1.22 [1.12, 1.34] 9.73E-04 851 18186 1.12 [1.04, 1.20] 0.003
Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis 592 44562 1.20 [1.10, 1.30] 9.73E-04 437 20049 1.09 [0.99, 1.29] 0.128
Skin cancer 4321 46382 0.93 [0.90, 0.96] 9.73E-04 4570 20651 0.98[0.94, 1.01] 0.188
Type 1 diabetes with ophthalmic manifestations 240 38262 1.32 [1.16, 1.50] 1.18E-03 230 18024 1.34 [1.18, 1.52] 2.85E-05
Graves' disease 425 44697 1.21 [1.10, 1.34] 4.42E-03 293 19949 1.26 [1.12, 1.41] 2.02E-04
Thyroiditis 710 44885 1.16 [1.08, 1.25] 5.57E-03 483 20027 1.07 [0.98, 1.18] 0.160
Melanomas of skin, diagnosed or personal history 1463 46873 0.91 [0.86, 0.96] 0.020 783 21163 1.01 [0.94, 1.09] 0.790
Vitamin deficiency 4596 41765 1.06 [1.02, 1.09] 0.024 3359 20746 1.02 [1.99, 1.06] 0.268
Melanomas of skin 1226 47151 0.90 [0.85, 0.96] 0.025 666 21175 1.03 [0.95, 1.11] 0.469
Other non-epithelial cancer of skin 3968 44957 0.94 [0.91, 0.97] 0.025 4428 20232 0.96 [0.93, 1.00] 0.064
Anemia in chronic kidney disease 1136 36565 1.11 [1.05, 1.18] 0.025 915 16227 1.07 [1.00, 1.15] 0.067
Glomerulonephritis 222 41878 1.26 [1.10, 1.44] 0.025 510 18124 1.17 [1.07, 1.28] 8.03E-04
Osteoarthrosis 8248 41162 1.04 [1.02, 1.07] 0.029 11092 13738 0.99 [0.97, 1.02] 0.668
Chronic airway obstruction 4931 44980 1.05 [1.02,1.09] 0.034 3843 17874 1.03 [0.99, 1.06] 0.188
Primary hypercoagulable state 426 43779 1.18 [1.07, 1.30] 0.036 466 21377 1.14 [1.04, 1.25] 0.010
Diabetic retinopathy 790 51138 1.13 [1.05, 1.21] 0.039 913 20135 1.11 [1.04, 1.18] 0.006
Type 1 diabetes with neurological manifestations 475 38597 1.16 [1.06, 1.28] 0.044 218 17911 1.13 [0.99, 1.29] 0.114
Other retinal disorders 1727 51681 1.08 [1.03, 1.14] 0.045 3987 19275 1.04 [1.00, 1.08] 0.059
Chronic thyroiditis 411 44294 1.17 [1.06, 1.30] 0.050 369 19996 1.08 [0.97, 1.20] 0.188

OR (95%CI): Odds ratio (95% confidence interval); FDR: False discovery rate (significant associations FDR q<0.05)