Table 4
Concordance between anti-β2 glycoprotein 1 (anti-β2gp) and non-quantitative total anticardiolipin (ACL) assays by clinical group for pooled data
| Patient group | Normal | Atheroma | Infection | Connective tissue disease no thrombosis | Total no APS | Primary APS | Secondary APS | Total APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The infection column refers to infection with human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis, hepatitis C, rickettsial infection.APS, antiphospholipid syndrome. | ||||||||
| ACL positive alone | 0 | 38 | 74 | 59 | 171 | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| ACL/anti-β2gp1 positive | 0 | 2 | 11 | 33 | 49 | 67 | 50 | 117 |
| Anti-β2gp1 positive alone | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Total samples in group | 100 | 109 | 239 | 213 | 661 | 139 | 145 | 284 |
