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Table 3 JEM assigned exposure of sarcoidosis patients and controls

From: Immunoreactivity to metal and silica associates with sarcoidosis in Dutch patients

JEM Exposure

Controls (n = 73)

Sarcoidosis (n = 256)

P*

Silica

4 (5.5)

19 (7.4)

0.57

Metals

17 (23.3)

75 (29.3)

0.31

Chromium

6 (8.2)

35 (13.7)

0.21

Nickel

6 (8.2)

31 (12.1)

0.35

Silica and/or metal

18 (24.7)

83 (32.4)

0.21

  1. Values are shown as absolute numbers with percentages in brackets.
  2. * Statistical differences were accessed using Pearson Chi-Square