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Table 2 Prevalence of autoantibodies and previously diagnosed autoimmune diseases among recruited PID patients

From: Assessment of autoantibodies in paediatric population with primary immunodeficiencies: a pilot study

Type of PID

(n = 58)

Previous diagnosis of autoimmune disease

Presence of autoantibodies

Combined immunodeficiency with associated or syndromic features (CID; n = 5)

0.00% (n = 0)

20% (n = 1)

Predominantly antibody deficiency* (PAD; n = 46)

8.7% (n = 4)

21.74% (n = 10)

Congenital defects of phagocyte number, function or both (n = 3)

0.00% (n = 0)

33.33% (n = 1)

Complement deficiency (n = 2)

0.00% (n = 0)

0.00% (n = 0)

Others** (n = 2)

50.00% (n = 1)

100.00% (n = 2)

  1. *PAD: CVID/IgG subclass deficiency/IgG subclass deficiency with IgA deficiency/IgG deficiency/IgG and IgA deficiency/IgM deficiency/IgM and IgG subclass deficiency/IgM and IgA deficiency/IgM, IgG and IgA deficiency/selective IgA deficiency/transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy/X-linked agammaglobulinemia
  2. **Others: lymphocyte T deficiency/ lymphocyte T deficiency and autoimmune neutropenia
  3. Ab—antibody; CID—combined immunodeficiency; CVID—common variable immunodeficiency; Ig—immunoglobulin; n —number; PAD—predominantly antibody deficiency; PID—primary immunodeficiencies