Table 4.

Autoantibodies positive predictive value for disease severity in hospitalized patients.

Positive predictive value, % (positives/total)a
Anti-RBCL66.6 (28/42)
Anti-PS92.8 (13/14)
Anti-DNA85.7 (6/7)
Immune complex0 (0/0)
  • a Patients that develop severe disease from total autoantibody or immune complex positive at day 0.