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Table 2 Prevalence of serum autoantibodies in patients and controls from Crete, Greece.

From: Low prevalence of liver-kidney microsomal autoantibodies of type 1 (LKM1) in hepatitis C seropositive subjects on Crete, Greece

  HCV positive patients Healthy blood donors
Autoantibody (142) (60)
    Titres    Titres
  n. %   n. %  
    median    median
ANA 72 50.7 * 1:80 4 6.7 * 1:80
ASMA 33 23.2 * 1:160 1 1.7 * 1:40
anti-gastric parietal cells 20 14.1 * 1:40 0 - * -
anti-IMF 13 9.1 * 1:40 0 - * -
anti-double stranded DNA 4 2.8 1:120 0 - -
anti-spindle apparatus 4 2.8 1:480 0 - -
anti-reticulin 3 2.1 1:160 0 - -
anti-MF 2 1.4 1:160 0 - -
anti-Golgi appartus 1 0.7 1:160 0 - -
AMA 1 0.7 1:640 0 - -
LKM1 1 0.7 1:40 0 - -
  1. * p < 0.01