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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2011 Oct 6;12(13):1214–1221. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70260-1

Table 1.

Donor-recipient HLA-match categories

Variable Number (%)
Total number 803
Donor-recipient HLA-match I
HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 match 69 (9%)
1-locus HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 mismatch 147 (18%)
2-loci HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 mismatch 259 (32%)
3-loci HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 mismatch 253 (32%)
4-loci HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 mismatch 75 (9%)
Donor-recipient HLA-match II
 HLA-A, -B -DRB1 match + C match 69 (9%)
 HLA-A, -B -DRB1 match + C mismatch* 23 (3%)
 1-locus HLA-A, -B -DRB1 mismatch + C match 127 (16%)
 1-locus HLA-A, -B -DRB1 mismatch + C mismatch 234 (29%)
 2-loci HLA-A, -B -DRB1 mismatch + C match 57 (7%)
 2-loci HLA-A, -B -DRB1 mismatch + C mismatch 293 (36%)
Donor-recipient HLA-match III
 HLA-A, -B -C match + DRB1 match 69 (9%)
 HLA-A, -B -C match + DRB1 mismatch** 51 (6%)
 1-locus HLA-A, -B, -C mismatch + DRB1 match 101 (12%)
 1-locus HLA-A, -B, -C mismatch + DRB1 mismatch†† 77 (10%)
 2-loci HLA-A, -B, -C mismatch + DRB1 match 181 (23%)
 2-loci HLA-A, -B, -C mismatch + DRB1 mismatch‡‡ 119 (15%)
 ≥3-loci HLA-A, -B, -C mismatch + DRB1 match/mismatch§ 205 (26%)
Donor-recipient HLA-match IV
 HLA-B, -C –DRB1 match + A match 69 (9%)
 HLA-B, -C –DRB1 match + A mismatch 62 (8%)
 1-locus HLA-B, -C –DRB1 mismatch + A match 88 (11%)
 1-locus HLA-B, -C –DRB1 mismatch + A mismatch 78 (10%)
 2-loci HLA-B, -C –DRB1 mismatch + A match 181 (22%)
 2-loci HLA-B, -C –DRB1 mismatch + A mismatch 140 (17%)
≥3-loci HLA-B, -C –DRB1 mismatch + A match/mismatch§§ 185 (23%)
Donor-recipient HLA-match V
 HLA-A, -C –DRB1 match + B match 69 (9%)
 HLA-A, -C –DRB1 match + B mismatch 24 (3%)
 1-locus HLA-A, -C –DRB1 mismatch + B match 125 (16%)
 1-locus HLA-A, -C –DRB1 mismatch + B mismatch 153 (19%)
 2-loci HLA-A, -C –DRB1 mismatch + B match 112 (14%)
 2-loci HLA-A, -C –DRB1 mismatch + B mismatch 193 (24%)
≥3-loci HLA-A, -C –DRB1 mismatch + B match/mismatch§§§ 127 (16%)
*

3 of 23 donor-recipient pairs mismatched at HLA-C were mismatched at both loci

35 of 234 donor-recipient pairs mismatched at HLA-C were mismatched at both loci

75 of 293 donor-recipient pairs mismatched at HLA-C were mismatched at both loci

**

5 of 51 donor-recipient pairs mismatched at HLA-DRB1 were mismatched at both loci

††

4 of 77 donor-recipient pairs mismatched at HLA-DRB1 were mismatched at both loci

‡‡

2 of 119 donor-recipient pairs mismatched at HLA-DRB1 were mismatched at both loci

§

168 donor-recipient pairs were matched at HLA-DRB1 and 37 were mismatched at a single DRB1 locus

§§

151 donor-recipient pairs were matched at HLA-A and 34 were mismatched at a single A locus

§§§

70 donor-recipient pairs were matched at HLA-B and 57 were mismatched at a single B locus