Table 5

Personal history of autoimmune diseases and risk of MM with more than 5 years' latency

Category or conditionMM patients (n = 19 112)MM controls (n = 75 408)OR* (95% CI) [P]
Autoantibodies detectable 171 788 0.8 (0.72-1.00) 
    Systemic involvement 96 467 0.8 (0.6-1.00) 
    Rheumatoid arthritis 72 388 0.7 (0.6-0.9) 
    Autoimmune hemolytic anemia  
Autoantibodies not detectable 111 366 1.2 (0.96-1.5) 
    Polymyalgia rheumatica 29 44 2.6 (1.6-4.1) 
    Giant cell arteritis 7.7 (1.9-31.0) 
Category or conditionMM patients (n = 19 112)MM controls (n = 75 408)OR* (95% CI) [P]
Autoantibodies detectable 171 788 0.8 (0.72-1.00) 
    Systemic involvement 96 467 0.8 (0.6-1.00) 
    Rheumatoid arthritis 72 388 0.7 (0.6-0.9) 
    Autoimmune hemolytic anemia  
Autoantibodies not detectable 111 366 1.2 (0.96-1.5) 
    Polymyalgia rheumatica 29 44 2.6 (1.6-4.1) 
    Giant cell arteritis 7.7 (1.9-31.0) 
*

When no case patient or control subject has the specific condition, P values (2-sided) based on Fisher exact test are given.

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