posted on 2013-02-20, 17:38authored byToo Chun-Lai, Leonid Padyukov, Jasbir Singh Dhaliwal, Emeli Lundström, Abqariyah Yahya, Nor Asiah Muhamad, Lars Klareskog, Lars Alfredsson, Per Tobias Larsson, Shahnaz Murad
<p>RF: rheumatoid factor, ACPA: anti-citrullinated proteins antibody, SE: shared epitope.</p><p>*patients and controls carrying one or two alleles of shared epitope were classified as SE-positive.</p><p>The percentages calculated in each characteristic category were based on the number of available data.</p>