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Table 4 Gender association with anti-phospholipids antibodies (aPLs) among patients with the anti-phospholipids syndrome (APS)

From: Profiles of criteria and non-criteria anti-phospholipid autoantibodies are associated with clinical phenotypes of the antiphospholipid syndrome

APLs associated with gender

Odds ratio (CI 95%) for female sex

Odds ratio (CI 95%) for male sex

aPE IgM

2.5 (1.03–6)

0.39 (0.16–0.96)

aCL IgG

0.3 (0.1–0.6)

3.4 (1.6–7.4)

aPG IgG

0.2 (0.1–0.5)

2.2 (1–4.6)

aPI IgG

0.2 (0.1–0.5)

2.5 (1.1–5.4)

aAN IgG

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

3.0 (1.3–6.9)

aPT IgG

0.1 (0.4–0.3)

3.8 (1.7–8.5)

  1. PE phosphatidylethanolamine, CL cardiolipin, PG phosphatidylglycerol, PI phosphatidylinositol, AN annexin 5, PT prothrombin