CD14 and systemic lupus erythematosus: We found that CD14*T/T genotype and CD14*T allele were significantly more frequent in patients with SLE (19.6% and 0.456) comparatively to controls (10.5% and 0.355); p = 0.048, OR (95% CI) = 2.08 [0.94-4.67]; p = 0.02, OR (95% CI) = 1.53 [1.04-2.24], respectively (Table 2).