Characterization of Autoantibodies against the E1𝜶 Subunit of Branched-Chain 2-Oxoacid Dehydrogenase in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Table 4

Number of patients with and without anti-BCOADC-E1a and anti-PDC-E1a antibodies.

		Anti-PDC-E1a		Total
		Positive	Negative
Anti-BCOADC-E1a	Positive	7/16 (43.8%)	9/16 (56.3%)	16
	Negative	4/14 (28.6%)	10/14 (71.4%)	14
Total		11/30 (36.7%)	19/30 (63.3%)	30

Note: the incidences of the anti-BCOADC-E1a and anti-PDC-E1a antibodies are independent of each other by Fischers exact test (𝑃=0.466).