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. 2011 Nov 15;51(1):52–59. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker335

Table 5.

HLA Class II associations with dcSSc

HLA Ctrl, n (%) dcSSc, n (%) Uncorrected P Corrected P OR (CI95)
Italy
    DRB1*1104 83 (10.4) 38 (20.2) <0.001 0.001 2.182 (1.43, 3.329)
    DQA*0501 250 (31.3) 87 (46.3) <0.001 <0.001 1.888 (1.366, 2.609)
    DQB*03 301 (37.7) 95 (50.5) 0.001 0.02 1.687 (1.225, 2.322)
Spain
    DRB1*01 255 (13.8) 12 (5.2) <0.001 0.004 0.343 (0.189, 0.622)
    DRB1*0402 27 (1.5) 11 (4.8) <0.001 0.02 3.38 (1.654, 6.909)
    DRB1*1104 20 (1.1) 26 (11.3) <0.001 <0.001 11.623 (6.375, 21.193)
    DRB1*11 230 (12.5) 49 (21.3) <0.001 0.004 1.9 (1.346, 2.681)
    DRB1*15 165 (8.9) 36 (15.7) 0.001 0.02 1.883 (1.278, 2.789)
    DQB*0501 291 (15.8) 14 (6.1) <0.001 0.008 0.346 (0.199, 0.602)
    DQB*05 358 (19.4) 23 (10) <0.001 0.007 0.461 (0.295, 0.72)

HLA Class II significant associations with the diffuse cutaneous subset (dcSSc) (after 10 000-fold permutation testing) in Italy and Spain. Total number of alleles per series: Italy, dcSSc = 188; controls = 798; Spain, dcSSc = 230; Ctrl = 1844. Ctrl: control.