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Table 1 Comparison of the prevalence of auto-Abs to specific sets of type I IFNs in IPF patients to that of 36,775 individuals from the general population, adjusted on age and sex

From: No increased prevalence of autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients

Auto-Abs neutralizing type I IFN positive (amount of type I IFNs neutralized, in plasma diluted 1:10)

OR [95% CI]

p

Auto-Abs neutralizing IFNα2 and ω (10 ng/ml)

0.57 [0.00–4.01]

0.66

Auto-Abs neutralizing IFNα2 or ω (10 ng/ml)

0.50 [0.06–1.81]

0.34

Auto-Abs neutralizing IFNα2 (10 ng/ml)

0.71 [0.08–2.61]

0.66

Auto-Abs neutralizing IFNω (10 ng/ml)

0.28 [0.00–1.94]

0.26

Auto-Abs neutralizing IFN-β (10 ng/ml)

2.32 [0.25–9.68]

0.38

Auto-Abs neutralizing IFNα2 and ω (100 pg/ml)

0.71 [0.08–2.63]

0.66

Auto-Abs neutralizing IFNα2 or ω (100 pg/ml)

0.54 [0.15–1.35]

0.21

Auto-Abs neutralizing IFNα2 (100 pg/ml)

0.55 [0.15–1.35]

0.31

Auto-Abs neutralizing IFNω (100 pg/ml)

0.61 [0.13–1.76]

0.40

  1. Odds ratio (OR) and p values were estimated by means of Firth’s bias-corrected logistic regression