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. 2011 Jun 15;6(6):e21069. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021069

Table 4. Carrier frequencies of HLA-DRB1in the Indian ethnic group by ACPA status.

Indian
Cases (n = 296(%) Controls (n = 213)(%) OR, 95% CI§ P value (Pc)
DRB1*01
ACPA-positive 12(6) - 2.20(0.81–5.98)
ACPA-negative 4(4) 6(3) 1.50(0.41–5.44)
DRB1*03
ACPA-positive 19(10) - 1.01(0.52–1.96)
ACPA-negative 15(19) 20(9) 1.79(0.87–3.66)
DRB1*04
ACPA-positive 69(35) - 1.55(1.01–2.37) NS (NS)
ACPA-negative 26(27) 54(25) 1.09(0.63–1.89)
DRB1*07
ACPA-positive 45(23) - 0.79(0.51–1.25)
ACPA-negative 20(21) 57(27) 0.72(0.40–1.28)
DRB1*08
ACPA-positive 12(6) - 0.98(0.44–2.21)
ACPA-negative 8(8) 13(6) 1.40(0.56–3.49)
DRB1*09
ACPA-positive 7(4) - 3.83(0.79–18.64)
ACPA-negative 2(2) 2(1) 2.24(0.31–16.18)
DRB1*10
ACPA-positive 75(38) - 2.60(1.66–4.06) 2×10−5 (3×10−4)
ACPA-negative 21(22) 40(19) 1.21(0.67–2.19)
DRB1*11
ACPA-positive 10(5) - 0.61(0.27–1.36)
ACPA-negative 5(5) 17(8) 0.63(0.23–1.77)
DRB1*12
ACPA-positive 7(4) - 0.42(0.17–1.03)
ACPA-negative 9(9) 17(8) 1.19(0.51–2.78)
DRB1*13
ACPA-positive 16(8) - 0.33(0.18–0.61) 3×10−3 (3×10−2)
ACPA-negative 18(19) 44(21) 0.89(0.48–1.63)
DRB1*14
ACPA-positive 34(17) - 0.81(0.49–1.33)
ACPA-negative 19(20) 43(20) 0.98(0.53–1.78)
DRB1*15
ACPA-positive 87(44) - 1.28(0.86–1.90)
ACPA-negative 43(45) 80(38) 1.35(0.83–2.20)
DRB1*16
ACPA-positive 3(2) - 1.61(0.27–9.72)
ACPA-negative 0(0) 2(1) 0.55(0.02–12.30)

*The frequency of DRB1 genotypes in ACPA subgroups was calculated as the number of ACPA-positive or ACPA-negative RA cases for a specific DRB1 allele divided by the total number of cases within that ACPA subgroup (Indian: 200 ACPA-positive RA cases and 96 ACPA-negative RA cases).

§Individuals without the allele being investigated were used as the reference group for the calculation of odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI).

Corrected p (pc) values were obtained by multiplying the uncorrected p values by 13.

NS: not significant.