Table 4 Comparison between patients with anti chromatin antibodies and those without regarding sex of our patients, other auto-antibodies, and number of relapses (n = 20).
From: Study of nonstandard auto-antibodies as prognostic markers in auto immune hepatitis in children
Anti-chromatin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of cases | 10 cases were +ve | 10 cases were -ve | P | Sig. | |
1) Sex | |||||
F/M | 8/2 | 6/4 | 0.63 | NS | |
2) Antibodies | |||||
1-ANA (+ve) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.264 | NS |
2-ASMA (+ve) | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0.019 | S |
3-Ani-LKM (+ve) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.606 | NS |
4-Seronegative | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.61 | NS |
3) Relapses | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0.040 | S |