Research Article

Clinical Significance of Different Profiles of anti-Ro Antibodies in Connective Tissue Diseases

Table 4

Comparison of organ involvement in patients with connective tissue diseases.

Parameters (, %)Groups valuesOverall
All Group A: Ro52 alone Group B: Ro60 alone Group C: Ro60 and Ro52 Group A vs. group BGroup A vs. group CGroup B vs. group C

Musculoskeletal567 (43.0)82 (48.5)177 (62.5)308 (35.5)0.0040.001<0.0001<0.0001
Hematological534 (40.5)50 (29.6)115 (40.6)369 (42.6)0.0180.0020.5690.007
Mucocutaneous415 (31.5)43 (25.4)128 (45.2)244 (28.1)<0.00010.473<0.0001<0.0001
Glandular339 (25.7)37 (21.9)54 (19.1)248 (28.6)0.4710.0740.0020.003
Pulmonary344 (26.1)76 (45.0)68 (24.0)200 (23.1)<0.0001<0.00010.740<0.0001
Ocular337 (25.5)37 (21.9)58 (20.5)242 (27.9)0.7240.1070.0140.023
Renal263 (19.9)12 (7.1)71 (25.1)180 (20.8)<0.0001<0.00010.126<0.0001
Cardiovascular185 (14.0)23 (13.6)48 (17.0)114 (13.1)0.3430.8720.1090.280
Gastrointestinal77 (5.8)7 (4.1)20 (7.1)50 (5.8)0.2040.3970.4270.439
Neuropsychiatric67 (5.1)4 (2.4)24 (8.5)39(4.5)0.0090.2040.0110.007