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. 2021 Mar 25;1(1):48–58. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2021.03.002

Table 3.

Prevalence of Depression Within Autoimmune Cases Compared With Autoimmune Controls, Stratified by Possible/Probable for Autoimmune Diseases and Any/Stringent for Depression Cases

Autoimmune Trait Depression Prevalence in Autoimmune Traits
Any Depression Prevalence
Stringent Depression Prevalence
Possible Autoimmune Probable Autoimmune Possible Autoimmune Probable Autoimmune
Autoimmune Controls 20.6% 5.1%

Any Autoimmune Disease 28.9% (6 × 10−177) 29.5% (2 × 10−124) 10.8% (3 × 10−207) 11.5% (6 × 10−163)

Circulatory System
 Pernicious anemia 35.8% (4 × 10−36) 33.7% (4 × 10−8) 15.2% (1 × 10−39) 16.6% (4 × 10−15)

Endocrine System
 Autoimmune thyroid disease 35.1% (6 × 10−19) 34.7% (6 × 10−13) 13.7% (1 × 10−16) 13.4% (3 × 10−11)
 Type 1 diabetes 31.1% (3 × 10−31) 31.3% (1 × 10−27) 14.1% (5 × 10−59)  13.5% (5 × 10−43)

Nervous System
 Multiple sclerosis 39.3% (6 × 10−56) 42.5% (3 × 10−51) 16.9% (5 × 10−54) 20.0% (8 × 10−57)
 Myasthenia gravis 33.3% (5 × 10−5) 29.2% (3 × 10−2) 14.1% (5 × 10−6) 14.8% (4 × 10−5)

Digestive System
 Celiac 27.3% (3 × 10−12) 29.8% (2 × 10−12) 8.4% (4 × 10−8) 9.5% (7 × 10−8)
 Inflammatory bowel disease 24.9% (6 × 10−11) 24.9% (3 × 10−8) 8.9% (8 × 10−22) 9.1% (2 × 10−17)

Skin
 Psoriasis 26.8% (2 × 10−22) 28.3% (1 × 10−17) 8.7% (4 × 10−20) 9.9% (4 × 10−18)

Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
 Ankylosing spondylitis 26.9% (5 × 10−7) 28.4% (5 × 10−4) 9.6% (7 × 10−9) 10.5% (9 × 10−5)
 Polymyalgia rheumatica/GCA 29.3% (2 × 10−13) 27.8% (5 × 10−6) 10.8% (3 × 10−15) 10.6% (1 × 10−8)
 Psoriatic arthritis 31.8% (3 × 10−15) 34.3% (5 × 10−16) 10.2% (1 × 10−8) 13.0% (2 × 10−13)
 Rheumatoid arthritis 30.6% (5 × 10−62) 29.4% (6 × 10−28) 12.7% (3 × 10−92) 12.1% (1 × 10−45)
 Sjögren syndrome 40.7% (4 × 10−25) 41.9% (1 × 10−17) 18.9% (2 × 10−28) 18.9% (7 × 10−18)
 Systemic lupus erythematosus 40.2% (2 × 10−25) 44.5% (2 × 10−22) 18.8% (6 × 10−30) 22.2% (8 × 10−27)

The p values from pairwise comparisons of depression prevalence in autoimmune cases compared with autoimmune controls are shown in parentheses.

GCA, giant cell arteritis.