Research Article

Susceptibility for Lupus Nephritis by Low Copy Number of the FCGR3B Gene Is Linked to Increased Levels of Pathogenic Autoantibodies

Table 3

Odds ratios (OR) for the association between disease characteristics and presence of LN. OR correspond to Exp (β) in logistic regression analyses with presence of active LN as the dependent parameter (see methods for detailed description). “—” indicates nonsignificant findings upon multivariate analysis.

UnivariateMultivariate
Exp (β)CI valueExp (β)CI value

FCGR3B CN < 2
4.81.25–18.90.024.20.8–23.60.09
Serum albumin0.870.77–0.990.047
Anti-dsDNA Ab1.011.003–1.0180.008
Anti-C1q Ab1.041.01–1.060.0031.031.03–1.050.026
Low C37.11.6–29.80.007