Research Article
Lack of Association between JAK3 Gene Polymorphisms and Cardiovascular Disease in Spanish Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Table 7
Association between presence/absence of carotid plaques and JAK3 polymorphisms in anti-CCP positive RA patients.
| Subgroup | Presence of carotid plaques | | Genotypes/alleles | (%) | Presence of carotid plaques | | Genotypes/alleles | (%) | | OR*95% CI |
| Anti-CCP positive | Yes | rs3212780 | GG | 76 (57.1) | | rs3212780 | GG | 60 (49.6) | — | Ref. | GA | 44 (33.1) | | GA | 53 (43.8) | 0.07 | 0.57 0.14–1.03 | AA | 13 (9.8) | | AA | 8 (6.6) | 0.72 | 1.21 0.42–3.47 | G | 196 (73.7) | | G | 173 (71.5) | — | Ref. | A | 70 (26.3) | | A | 69 (28.5) | 0.42 | 0.83 0.53–1.29 | rs3212752 | TT | 118 (88.7) | | rs3212752 | TT | 104 (85.9) | — | Ref. | TC | 15 (11.3) | | TC | 17 (14.0) | 0.36 | 0.67 0.29–1.56 | CC | — | No | CC | — | — | — | T | 251 (94.4) | | T | 225 (93.0) | — | Ref. | C | 15 (5.6) | | C | 17 (7.0) | 0.38 | 0.69 0.31–1.55 | Haplotypes | GT | 188 (70.1) | | Haplotypes | GT | 164 (67.8) | — | Ref. | AT | 63 (23.7) | | AT | 61 (25.2) | 0.59 | 0.88 0.55–1.40 | AC | 7 (2.6) | | AC | 8 (3.3) | 0.24 | 0.49 0.15–1.58 | GC | 8 (3.0) | | GC | 9 (3.7) | 0.81 | 0.88 0.29–2.59 |
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Anti-CCP: anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Adjusted for potential confounder factors.
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