Table 4 |
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Mean radiographic Sharp scores after 5 years in patients with or without anti-CCP2 and shared epitope alleles |
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Anti-CCP2 |
P value |
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Anti-CCP2 |
P value |
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Yes |
17.2 ± 21.1 |
9.7 ± 17.3 |
0.0021 |
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NS |
NS |
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No |
14.4 ± 16.3 |
2.7 ± 3.7 |
0.031 |
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NS, not significant; SE, shared epitope. |
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Meyer et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2006 8:R40 doi:10.1186/ar1896 |
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