Table 3 Sex and age at onset in relation to autoantibodies.

From: Serological and clinical associations of autoantibodies in Chinese patients with new-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

 

Sex

P

Age at onset

P

Male, n (%)

Female, n (%)

 < 50 years, n (%)

 ≥ 50 years, n (%)

dsDNA (+)

32 (64.0)

331 (69.5)

0.421

308 (70.8)

55 (60.4)

0.052

Sm (+)

29 (58.0)

267 (56.1)

0.796

256 (58.9)

40 (44.0)

0.009

P (+)

11 (22.0)

196 (41.2)

0.008

178 (40.9)

29 (31.9)

0.108

Ro60 (+)

33 (66.0)

314 (66.0)

0.996

290 (66.7)

57 (62.6)

0.461

Ro52 (+)

24 (48.0)

247 (51.9)

0.601

230 (52.9)

41 (45.1)

0.175

SSB (+)

15 (3.0)

136 (28.6)

0.832

130 (29.9)

21 (23.1)

0.192

Centromere (+)

39 (78.0)

343 (72.1)

0.370

321 (73.8)

61 (67.0)

0.188

SmRNP (+)

33 (66.0)

295 (62.0)

0.576

276 (63.4)

52 (57.1)

0.259

  1. Significant values are in [italics].