Table 4.
Protective and susceptibility HLA-alleles in different races
| Caucasians | non-Caucasian Americans* | ||||
| Allele | European | American | AA | HL | Reference |
| Protective | |||||
| A*02 | Chicago | Chicago | Present | ||
| A*03 | Irish** | Chicago | Chicago | 15, Present | |
| A*11 | Baltimore | Baltimore | 17 | ||
| B*27 | Irish | 15 | |||
| B*57 | Baltimore | Baltimore | 17 | ||
| Cw*01 | Irish | Baltimore | 15, 17 | ||
| Cw*05 | Chicago | Chicago | Chicago | Present | |
| DRB1*01 | Irish | Baltimore, Chicago | 15, 17, present | ||
| DRB1*11 | British, Italian | Philadelphia | 14, 16, 19 | ||
| DRB1*12 | Chicago | Chicago | Present | ||
| DQB1*03 | British | Philadelphia | Baltimore | 14, 18, 19 | |
| Chicago | Chicago | Present | |||
| DQB1*05 | Irish | Baltimore, Chicago | 15, 18, 19 | ||
| Susceptibility | |||||
| A*02 | Chicago | Present | |||
| A*23 | Baltimore | 17 | |||
| Cw*04 | Baltimore | Baltimore | 17 | ||
| DRB1*03 | Irish, German | Baltimore | 15, 18, 20 | ||
| DRB1*07 | British | Chicago | 19, present | ||
| DRB1*12 | Chicago | Present | |||
| DQB1*02 | Irish | Baltimore, Chicago | 15, 17, present | ||
*: All Americans are injection drug users; AA: African American; HL: Hispanic Latino American. **: Irish females. Sample size (n): Irish: 227; British: 250; Baltimore:548/675; Chicago: 105; Philadelphia: 93; German: 75; and Italian: 73.