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Table 3 Demographic features of cases and controls

From: Prevalence of tissue transglutaminase antibodies and IgA deficiency are not increased in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case-control study

Category

Cases

(N = 808)

TTG IgA

Positive (N)

IgA deficient

(N)

Controls

(N = 140)

TTG IgA positive

(N)

Sex

     

Female

532 (65.8)

9

6

65 (53.6)

3

Male

276 (34.2)

6

3

65 (46.4)

2

Race / Ethnicity

     

Hispanic n (%)

44 (5.4)

1

1

11 (7.9)

0

Non-Hispanic White n (%)

636 (78.7)

12

8

95 (67.9)

5

Blacks n (%)

66 (8.1)

0

0

9 (6.4)

0

Asian

14 (1.7)

0

0

13 (9.3)

0

Other/NR

48 (5.9)

2

0

12 (8.5)

0

  1. N: There were no differences in tTG positivity between cases and controls after stratification by sex or race/ethnicity