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Table 1 HLA-Cw*0602 and streptococcal status

From: HLA-Cw*0602 associates with a twofold higher prevalence of positive streptococcal throat swab at the onset of psoriasis: a case control study

  

Positive

Negative

ORa

 
  

N

%

N

%

OR

95% CIb

p

HLA-Cw*0602

       

Guttate

(n = 143)

106

74

37

26

23.7

14.3–39.3

<0.001

Plaque

(n = 439)

134

31

305

69

3.6

2.5–5.3

<0.001

Control

(n = 454)

49

11

405

89

   

Streptococcus throat swab

       

Guttate

(n = 143)

79

55

64

45

68.8

31–170

<0.001

Plaque

(n = 439)

31

7

408

93

4.2

1.9–10.8

<0.001

Control

(n = 454)

8

2

446

98

   
  1. aOR = Odds Ratio (Patients compared to the healthy control)
  2. bCI = confidence interval
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BMC Dermatology

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