Research Article

Multiple Autoantibodies Display Association with Lymphopenia, Proteinuria, and Cellular Casts in a Large, Ethnically Diverse SLE Patient Cohort

Table 3

Conditional multivariate adjusted logistic regression models within European-American, African-American, and Hispanic populations using ACR SLE criteria or subcriteria as outcome and individual autoantibodies and sex as covariates.

Criteria/subcriteriaCovariatesEuropean AmericanAfrican AmericanHispanic
Odds ratio (95% CI) 𝑃 valueOdds ratio (95% CI) 𝑃 valueOdds ratio (95% CI) 𝑃 value

 60 kD Ro3.31 (1.57, 6.99)0.0017    
 RNP 684.37 (1.10, 3.74)0.0361    
Hematological disorderSm/RNP  3.03 (1.21, 7.61)0.0184  
 La  3.59 (1.07, 12.06)0.0384  
 RNP A    11.93 (1.53, 93.37)0.0182

 LeukopeniaRibo P3.77 (1.22, 11.60)0.02073.16 (1.25, 8.00)0.0154  

 RNP 68 5.23 (1.40, 19.54)0.0139    
 Lymphopenia52 kD Ro 2.95 (1.39, 6.29)0.00502.90 (1.33, 6.31)0.0072  
dsDNA    0.18 (0.05, 0.69)0.0124
 Chromatin    6.05 (1.70, 21.54)0.0055

 Hemolytic anemiaChromatin    0.10 (0.01, 0.95)0.0446

 Chromatin2.56 (1.32, 4.95)0.0054    
 La0.33 (0.13, 0.88)0.0273    
Renal diseaseSm0.28 (0.10, 0.76)0.0127    
 dsDNA  2.38 (1.11, 5.08)0.0255  
 Sex   4.40 (1.17, 15.56)0.0283  

 Chromatin2.34 (1.23, 4.44)0.0092    
 ProteinuriaLa0.29 (0.11, 0.74)0.0096    
Sm0.36 (0.14, 0.94)0.0366    
 Sex  4.04 (1.11, 14.74)0.0346  

 Cellular castdsDNA  3.26 (1.25, 8.50)0.0158  
Sm/RNP  2.91 (1.24, 6.81)0.0138  

SeizuresSm/RNP5.33 (1.15, 24.80)0.0329    
RNP A0.013 (0.02, 0.67)0.0156    

Oral ulcerSm/RNP  1.97 (1.04, 3.71)0.0368  

Malar rashLa0.42 (0.20, 0.89)0.0233    
Sex3.23 (1.38, 7.55)0.0068    

 52 kD Ro  0.07 (0.01, 0.53)0.0103  
PhotosensitivityLa  11.87 (1.37, 103.19)0.0250  
 Sex2.30 (1.00, 5.29)0.0495