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Table 3 Number of sons in RA and SLE patients

From: Long-term persistence and effects of fetal microchimerisms on disease onset and status in a cohort of women with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus

 

1 son

≥2 sons

1RA patients MC+

7 (63.6%)

4 (36.2%)

1RA patients MC-

47 (82.5%)

10 (17.5%)

Total RA patients

54 (79.4%)

14 (20.6%)

2SLE patients MC+

3 (60%)

2 (40%)

2SLE patients MC-

10 (91%)

1 (9%)

Total SLE patients

13 (81%)

3 (19%)

  1. 1RA: number of sons MC + vs. MC-: p = 0.218.
  2. 2SLE: number of sons MC + vs. MC-: p = 0.214.