Connective tissue diseases in primary biliary cirrhosis: A population-based cohort study

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2013; 19(31): 5131-5137
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Table 2 Inter-study comparison of patterns of connective tissue diseases in primary biliary cirrhosis patients n (%)

	Wang et alChina	*Watt et al[16]United Kingdom*	*Marasini et al[17]Italy*
PBC	322	160	170
CTDs in PBC	150 (46.6)	84 (53.0)	62 (36.5)
PBC + SS	121 (37.6)	40 (25.0)^a	6 (3.5)^a
PBC + SSc	9 (2.8)	12 (8.0)^a	21 (12.3)^a
PBC + SLE	12 (3.7)	2 (1.3)	3 (1.8)
PBC + RA	9 (2.8)	27 (17.0)^a	3 (1.8)
PBC + PM	10 (3.1)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.6)
PBC + MCTD	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.6)

^aP < 0.05 vs Wang et al (China, the current study). PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis; CTDs: Connective tissue diseases; SS: Sjögren’s syndrome; SSc: Systemic sclerosis; SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus; RA: Rheumatoid arthritis; PM: Polymyositis; MCTD: Mixed connective tissue disease.

Citation: Wang L, Zhang FC, Chen H, Zhang X, Xu D, Li YZ, Wang Q, Gao LX, Yang YJ, Kong F, Wang K. Connective tissue diseases in primary biliary cirrhosis: A population-based cohort study. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(31): 5131-5137
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i31/5131.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5131