Table 6

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

Category or conditionMGUS patients (n = 5403)MGUS controls (n = 21 209)OR* (95% CI) [P]
Total autoimmune disease 247 499 2.0 (1.7-2.3) 
Autoantibodies detectable 156 313 2.0 (1.6-2.4) 
Systemic involvement 106 189 2.2 (1.7-2.8) 
    Rheumatoid arthritis 84 155 2.1 (1.6-2.8) 
    Systemic sclerosis 3.9 (0.8-19.5) 
    Sjögren syndrome 2.6 (0.7-9.3) 
Organ involvement 55 134 1.6 (1.2-2.2) 
    Pernicious anemia 20 1.8 (0.8-3.8) 
    Autoimmune hemolytic anemia ∞ [.20] 
    Immune thrombocytopenia 9.9 (1.9-51.2) 
    Polyarteritis nodosa ∞ [< .05] 
    Guillain-Barré syndrome 3.0 (0.7-13.2) 
    Celiac disease 2.4 (0.6-10.0) 
    Chronic rheumatic heart disease 14 35 1.6 (0.9-2.92) 
Autoantibodies not detectable 110 215 2.0 (1.6-2.6) 
    Ankylosing spondylitis 12 17 2.8 (1.3-5.9) 
    Polymyalgia rheumatica 30 36 3.3 (2.0-5.3) 
    Giant cell arteritis 10 19.5 (4.3-89.2) 
    Aplastic anemia ∞ [< .05] 
Category or conditionMGUS patients (n = 5403)MGUS controls (n = 21 209)OR* (95% CI) [P]
Total autoimmune disease 247 499 2.0 (1.7-2.3) 
Autoantibodies detectable 156 313 2.0 (1.6-2.4) 
Systemic involvement 106 189 2.2 (1.7-2.8) 
    Rheumatoid arthritis 84 155 2.1 (1.6-2.8) 
    Systemic sclerosis 3.9 (0.8-19.5) 
    Sjögren syndrome 2.6 (0.7-9.3) 
Organ involvement 55 134 1.6 (1.2-2.2) 
    Pernicious anemia 20 1.8 (0.8-3.8) 
    Autoimmune hemolytic anemia ∞ [.20] 
    Immune thrombocytopenia 9.9 (1.9-51.2) 
    Polyarteritis nodosa ∞ [< .05] 
    Guillain-Barré syndrome 3.0 (0.7-13.2) 
    Celiac disease 2.4 (0.6-10.0) 
    Chronic rheumatic heart disease 14 35 1.6 (0.9-2.92) 
Autoantibodies not detectable 110 215 2.0 (1.6-2.6) 
    Ankylosing spondylitis 12 17 2.8 (1.3-5.9) 
    Polymyalgia rheumatica 30 36 3.3 (2.0-5.3) 
    Giant cell arteritis 10 19.5 (4.3-89.2) 
    Aplastic anemia ∞ [< .05] 
*

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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