Subjects included by analysis
| Screened for human leucocyte antigen Abs | Screened for Class I Ag specificities | Screened for Class II Ag specificities | Age of diagnosis analysis | Nephritis analysis | Erosion analysis | |
| Healthy | ||||||
| Nulliparous males | 1148 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nulliparous females | 1757 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Parous females | 239 | 35* | 42* | – | – | – |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus | ||||||
| Nulliparous males | 48 | 9* | 15* | 48 | 48 | – |
| Nulliparous females | 48 | 5* | 15* | 47† | 48 | – |
| Parous females | 224 | 25 | 25 | 224 | 223‡ | – |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | ||||||
| Nulliparous males | 48 | 0 | 0 | 39† | – | 39§ |
| Nulliparous females | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 | – | 31§ |
| Parous females | 202 | 25 | 25 | 184† | – | 161§ |
*All antibody positive samples screened.
†Age of diagnosis not available on some subjects.
‡Data on nephritis missing for one subject.
§Data on erosions missing for some subjects.