Table 2 |
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Patient smoking status and tissue aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) activation |
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Patient Tissue contribution |
Patient smoking status* |
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Smoker |
Non-Smoker |
P-value‡ |
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Synovia |
CYP1A1+ |
6† |
1 |
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CYP1A1- |
1 |
12† |
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0.005 |
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Nodules |
CYP1A1+ |
2 |
4 |
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CYP1A1- |
2 |
10 |
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0.57 |
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*Patient smoking status when tissue sample was taken; †Patients contributing paired samples were considered once for statistical analysis; ‡P-value obtained by Fisher's exact probability two-tailed test |
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Kazantseva et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2012 14:R208 doi:10.1186/ar4046 |
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