Table 5 Subtypes of HLA‐DRB1 distribution in controls and patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Syria and France.

	Allele	France		Syria
Controls		n = 471		n = 120
	DRB1*0401	41	(8.7%)	2	(1.7%)
	DRB1*0101/0404/0405	134	(28.5%)	24	(20.0%)
	DRB1*1001	7	(1.5%)	2	(1.7%)
Patients with RA		n = 512		n = 156
	DRB1*0401	134	(26.2%)	6	(3.8%)
	DRB1*0101/0404/0405	226	(44.1%)	48	(30.8%)
	DRB1*1001	28	(5.5%)	13	(8.3%)

RA, rheumatoid arthritis.