Research Article

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-Associated Antigen +49G Variant Confers Risk for Anti-CCP- and Rheumatoid Factor-Positive Type of Rheumatoid Arthritis Only in Combination with CT60G Allele

Table 2

The results of the binary logistic regression analyses considering the CT60*GG genotype, the CT60*G allele, and the +49*G-CT60*G haplotype in RA patients stratified by RF- and anti-CCP-seropositivity versus controls.

RA Patients

RFanti-CCPRF + anti-CCP

TotalPositiveNegativePositiveNegativePositive-positiveNegative-negative

CT60*GG
OR (95%CI)1.56 (1.09–2.23)1.76 (1.21–2.56)1.01 (0.59–1.73)1.92 (1.32–2.79)0.82 (0.48–1.39)1.90 (1.29–2.78)0.76 (0.41–1.42)
.016.003.966.001.455.001.386

CT60*G
OR (95%CI)1.42 (1.13–1.78)1.52 (1.20–1.93)1.15 (0.83–1.60)1.58 (1.24–2.02)1.06 (0.78–1.46)1.58 (1.23–2.03)1.04 (0.72–1.49)
.003.001.410 .001.145 .001.845

+49*G - CT60*G
OR (95%CI)1.73 (1.27–2.37)1.88 (1.36–2.61)1.30 (0.83–2.04)2.00 (1.44–2.76)1.12 (0.71–1.75)1.96 (1.41–2.73)1.02 (0.61–1.73)
.001 0 .001.256 0 .0010.626 .001.931