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. 2022 Dec 6;8(2):e002664. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002664

Table 2.

Association of infectious and non-infectious manifestations of PADs with inflammatory arthritis.

Phenotypes Arthritis
N=44
No arthritis
N=224
OR (95% CI) P value q
Recurrent upper RTIs, n (%) 42 (95.45) 180 (80.36) 5.13 (1.39 to 22.22) 0.0148* 0.0622
Recurrent lower RTIs, n (%) 34 (72.27) 145 (64.73) 1.85 (0.90 to 3.76) 0.1178 (ns) 0.3298
Bronchiectasis, n (%) 12 (27.27) 44 (19.64) 1.53 (0.74 to 3.16) 0.3096 (ns) 0.5201
GLILD, n (%) 4 (9.09) 19 (8.48) 1.08 (0.38 to 3.07) 1.0000 (ns) 0.8842
Granulomatous disease, n (%) 6 (13.64) 22 (9.82) 1.45 (0.57 to 3.66) 0.4256 (ns) 0.5958
Lymphadenopathy, n (%) 20 (45.45) 96 (42.86) 1.11 (0.59 to 2.15) 0.8680 (ns) 0.8578
Splenomegaly, n (%) 12 (27.27) 13 (5.80) 6.09 (2.66 to 13.95) 0.0001**** 0.0008
Autoimmune phenomena, n (%) 19 (43.18) 99 (44.20) 0.96 (0.51 to 1.85) 1.0000 (ns) 0.8842
Autoimmune cytopenia, n (%) 9 (20.45) 36 (15.18) 1.34 (0.59 to 3.03) 0.3745 (ns) 0.5720
ITP, n (%) 9 (20.45) 28 (12.5) 1.80 (0.75 to 4.04) 0.1594 (ns) 0.3826
AIHA, n (%) 1 (2.27) 14 (6.25) 0.35 (0.003 to 2.25) 0.4780 (ns) 0.6177
Psoriasis, n (%) 4 (9.09) 9 (20.45) 2.39 (0.78 to 8.13) 0.2383 (ns) 0.4448
Vitiligo, n (%) 3 (6.82) 7 (3.13) 2.27 (0.62 to 8.67) 0.2151 (ns) 0.4448
Atopic disease, n (%) 16 (36.36) 33 (14.73) 3.31 (1.62 to 6.77) 0.0021** 0.0118
Thyreoidopathy, n (%) 6 (13.64) 13 (5.80) 2.56 (0.92 to 6.96) 0.0992 (ns) 0.3298
Enteropathies, n (%) 33 (75) 41 (18.30) 13.39 (6.32 to 28.87) 0.0001**** 0.0008
Atrophic gastritis, n (%) 2 (4.55) 6 (2.68) 1.73 (0.34 to 7.16) 0.6217 (ns) 0.6963
Recurrent GI infections, n (%) 7 (15.91) 43 (19.20) 0.80 (0.31 to 1.82) 0.6784 (ns) 0.7123
Malignancy, n (%) 6 (13.64) 24 (10.71) 1.32 (0.52 to 3.26) 0.6012 (ns) 0.6963

*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ****P<0.0001.

P values were adjusted for Benjamini-Hochberg FDR, selected threshold of 5% meaning p values <0.0089 were considered ‘discoveries’ (marked with bold characters).

AIHA, autoimmune haemolytic anaemia; GI, gastrointestinal; GLILD, granulomatous and lymphocytic interstitial lung disease; ITP, immune thrombocytopenic purpura; ns, non-significant; PAD, primary antibody deficiency; RTI, respiratory tract infection.