Table 2:

HLA profile of MS. The signed z-transformed correlation coefficient (${\mathrm{r}}^{\prime }$) between 127 HLA alleles and ln (MS) prevalence. N denotes the number of CWE countries from which $r^{\prime }$ was calculated.

	Allele	Class	N	$r^{\prime }$(MS)
1	A*01:01	I	11	−0.158
2	A*02:01	I	11	0.185
3	A*02:05	I	9	−0.251
4	A*03:01	I	11	1.240
5	A*11:01	I	11	−0.941
6	A*23:01	I	11	−0.731
7	A*24:02	I	11	0.324
8	A*25:01	I	12	0.299
9	A*26:01	I	11	−0.637
10	A*29:01	I	11	0.077
11	A*29:02	I	11	−0.355
12	A*30:01	I	11	−0.071
13	A*30:02	I	12	−0.356
14	A*31:01	I	9	1.216
15	A*32:01	I	12	−0.968
16	A*33:01	I	10	−0.292
17	A*33:03	I	9	−0.548
18	A*36:01	I	10	−0.335
19	A*68:01	I	11	0.078
20	A*68:02	I	10	0.094
21	B*07:02	I	10	1.027
22	B*08:01	I	12	0.344
23	B*13:02	I	11	0.133
24	B*14:01	I	11	−0.332
25	B*14:02	I	10	−0.372
26	B*15:01	I	10	1.184
27	B*15:17	I	9	−0.081
28	B*15:18	I	9	−0.563
29	B*18:01	I	12	−1.056
30	B*27:02	I	10	0.032
31	B*27:05	I	12	0.776
32	B*35:01	I	11	−0.068
33	B*35:02	I	9	−0.265
34	B*35:03	I	9	−0.603
35	B*35:08	I	9	−0.831
36	B*37:01	I	10	1.059
37	B*38:01	I	9	−0.899
38	B*39:01	I	11	−0.294
39	B*39:06	I	9	−0.329
40	B*40:01	I	12	1.130
41	B*40:02	I	12	0.437
42	B*41:01	I	11	−0.282
43	B*41:02	I	10	−0.656
44	B*44:02	I	12	0.065
45	B*44:03	I	12	−0.396
46	B*44:05	I	9	−0.752
47	B*45:01	I	10	−0.316
48	B*47:01	I	11	−0.214
49	B*49:01	I	11	−1.008
50	B*50:01	I	10	−0.420
51	B*51:01	I	10	−1.260
52	B*52:01	I	10	−0.485
53	B*55:01	I	11	0.351
54	B*56:01	I	9	0.459
55	B*57:01	I	12	−0.391
56	B*58:01	I	9	−0.383
57	C*01:02	I	9	0.381
58	C*03:03	I	9	0.709
59	C*04:01	I	9	−0.501
60	C*05:01	I	9	0.266
61	C*06:02	I	9	−0.221
62	C*07:01	I	9	−0.187
63	C*07:02	I	9	1.160
64	C*07:04	I	9	−0.404
65	C*12:02	I	9	−0.635
66	C*12:03	I	9	−0.739
67	C*14:02	I	9	−0.780
68	C*15:02	I	9	−0.491
69	C*16:01	I	9	−0.024
70	DPB1*01:01	II	11	0.526
71	DPB1*02:01	II	11	−0.714
72	DPB1*02:02	II	10	−0.264
73	DPB1*03:01	II	11	0.229
74	DPB1*04:01	II	11	0.562
75	DPB1*04:02	II	11	−0.271
76	DPB1*05:01	II	11	0.405
77	DPB1*06:01	II	10	0.247
78	DPB1*09:01	II	9	−0.106
79	DPB1*10:01	II	10	−0.715
80	DPB1*11:01	II	9	−0.111
81	DPB1*13:01	II	10	−0.649
82	DPB1*14:01	II	11	−1.068
83	DPB1*17:01	II	9	−0.201
84	DPB1*19:01	II	11	0.245
85	DQB1*02:01	II	12	0.459
86	DQB1*02:02	II	11	−0.327
87	DQB1*03:01	II	13	−0.693
88	DQB1*03:02	II	13	0.748
89	DQB1*03:03	II	13	0.812
90	DQB1*04:02	II	13	0.615
91	DQB1*05:01	II	13	0.267
92	DQB1*05:02	II	10	−0.844
93	DQB1*05:03	II	12	−0.682
94	DQB1*06:01	II	11	−0.181
95	DQB1*06:02	II	14	0.629
96	DQB1*06:03	II	13	0.177
97	DQB1*06:04	II	12	0.503
98	DQB1*06:09	II	9	−0.707
99	DRB1*01:01	II	14	0.838
100	DRB1*01:02	II	11	−0.693
101	DRB1*01:03	II	11	−0.550
102	DRB1*03:01	II	13	−0.041
103	DRB1*04:01	II	13	0.983
104	DRB1*04:02	II	11	−0.692
105	DRB1*04:03	II	12	−1.079
106	DRB1*04:04	II	13	0.425
107	DRB1*04:05	II	9	−0.166
108	DRB1*04:07	II	12	−0.216
109	DRB1*04:08	II	9	0.842
110	DRB1*07:01	II	12	−0.581
111	DRB1*08:01	II	13	0.623
112	DRB1*08:03	II	11	0.042
113	DRB1*09:01	II	12	0.668
114	DRB1*10:01	II	14	0.035
115	DRB1*11:01	II	14	−0.337
116	DRB1*11:02	II	12	−0.533
117	DRB1*11:03	II	12	−0.619
118	DRB1*11:04	II	12	−0.611
119	DRB1*12:01	II	13	0.478
120	DRB1*13:01	II	14	0.423
121	DRB1*13:02	II	14	0.470
122	DRB1*13:03	II	10	−0.494
123	DRB1*13:05	II	10	−0.651
124	DRB1*14:01	II	14	−0.371
125	DRB1*15:01	II	13	0.823
126	DRB1*15:02	II	10	−0.771
127	DRB1*16:01	II	10	−0.669

Note. The strongest associations are in bold.