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. 2010 Oct 28;10:101. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-101

Table 14.

(10) The Estimated Prevalence and the Number of Loci (n) for susceptible genotypes that include the HLA DRB1*1501 allele.

Estimated Number of Susceptibility Genes Required (n) for all Loci
11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Frequency of Susceptibility (r) Estimated Prevalence of HLA DRB1*1501 in an MS Population (unadjusted; OR ≈ 2.21)

r = 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.24 - 0.26 0.24 - 0.26 0.24 - 0.26 0.25 0.25

r = 0.33 0.32 - 0.37 0.33 - 0.39 0.35 0.32 - 0.36 0.33 - 0.37 0.34 - 0.38 0.34

r = 0.5 0.39 - 0.42 0.38 - 0.44 0.39 - 0.42 0.39 - 0.41 0.39 - 0.42 0.38 - 0.41 0.40 - 0.42

r = 1 0.42 - 0.44 0.41 - 0.43 0.41 - 0.44 0.41 - 0.43 0.41 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.44 0.41 - 0.43

r = 2 0.42 - 0.44 0.41 - 0.44 0.41 - 0.44 0.42 - 0.43 0.41 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43

r = 4 0.42 - 0.44 0.42 - 0.44 0.42 - 0.44 0.41 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43

r = 8 0.42 - 0.44 0.42 - 0.44 0.41 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43 0.41 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43

r = 16 0.42 - 0.44 0.42 - 0.44 0.42 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43 0.42 - 0.43 0.41 - 0.43

Frequency of Susceptibility (r) Odd Ratios for Recessive non-HLA DRB1 Loci (after adjustment of HLA to OR = 3.34)

r = 0.25 1.21 1.23 1.05 - 1.23 1.05 - 1.27 1.07 - 1.29 1.07 1.08

r = 0.33 1.57 - 2.03 1.66 - 2.15 1.66 - 2.15 1.51 - 1.82 1.57 - 1.91 1.64 - 2.00 1.70

r = 0.5 1.88 - 2.15 1.79 - 2.30 1.79 - 2.30 1.82 - 2.01 1.91 - 2.12 1.84 - 2.01 1.92 - 2.11

r = 1 1.86 - 2.05 1.82 - 1.98 1.82 - 1.98 1.82 - 1.96 1.85 - 1.98 1.88 - 2.01 1.84 - 1.96

r = 2 1.75 - 1.85 1.73 - 1.85 1.73 - 1.85 1.75 - 1.83 1.74 - 1.84 1.74 - 1.84 1.75 - 1.82

r = 4 1.65 - 1.78 1.66 - 1.75 1.66 - 1.75 1.65 - 1.74 1.66 - 1.74 1.66 - 1.74 1.66 - 1.73

r = 8 1.60 - 1.69 1.60 - 1.69 1.60 - 1.69 1.60 - 1.67 1.60 - 1.67 1.60 - 1.67 1.61 - 1.66

r = 16 1.56 - 1.64 1.56 - 1.64 1.56 - 1.64 1.56 - 1.63 1.56 - 1.62 1.57 - 1.62 1.56 - 1.62

(Bold and underlined as designated for "Closeness of Fit" calculations in Table 8)