Table 4 Correlations between C1q-binding immune complexes (CIC) and levels of antinuclear antibody (ANA) specificities detected in IC.

From: Accumulation of antinuclear associated antibodies in circulating immune complexes is more prominent in SLE patients from Sudan than Sweden

ANA in IC

Sudan

Correlation to CIC

ρ (P)

Sweden

Correlation to CIC

ρ (P)

SSA/Ro52

0.15 (0.1)

0.004 (0.9)

SSA/Ro60

0.21 (0.04)

0.04 (0.5)

SSB/La

0.23 (0.02)

0.002 (0.9)

Sm

0.26 (0.01)

0.17 (0.001)

Sm/U1RNP

0.20 (0.048)

0.13 (0.01)

U1RNP

0.26 (0.01)

0.14 (0.008)

dsDNA

0.36 (0.0004)

0.35 (< 0.0001)

Histone

0.38 (0.0002)

0.18 (0.001)

Ribosomal P

0.17 (0.1)

0.09 (0.001)

PCNA

0.15 (0.1)

0.04 (0.5)

  1. Significant P values and corresponding correlation coefficients are depicted in bold.
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