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Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2013 Feb 5;9(3):141–153. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2012.237

Table 1.

Effect-size estimates for HLA-DRB1 haplotypes on rheumatoid arthritis risk

HLA-DRB1 amino acid at position Odds ratio Classical HLA-DRB1 alleles§
11 13 71 74
Val His Lys Ala 4.44 *0401 (Shared epitope)
Val His or Phe Arg Ala 4.22 *0408, *0405, *0404, *1001 (Shared epitope)
Leu Phe Arg Ala 2.17 *0102, *0101 (Shared epitope)
Pro Arg Arg Ala 2.04 *1601
Val His Arg Glu 1.65 *0403, *0407
Asp Phe Arg Glu 1.65 *0901
Val His Glu Ala 1.43 *0402
Ser Ser Lys Ala 1.04 *1303
Pro Arg Ala Ala 1 *1501, *1502 (Reference haplotype)
Gly Tyr Arg Gln 0.91 *0701
Ser Ser or Gly Arg Ala 0.88 *1101, *1104, *1201
Ser Ser Arg Glu 0.84 *1401
Leu Phe Glu Ala 0.73 *0103
Ser Gly Arg Leu 0.71 *0801, *0804
Ser Ser Lys Arg 0.63 *0301
Ser Ser Glu Ala 0.59 *1102, *1103, *1301, *1302

The most common haplotype (ProArgAlaAla, corresponding to HLA-DRB1*1501 and *1502) has been used as reference to calculate odds ratios.

§

The classical shared epitope alleles are indicated. Reproduced from Raychaudhuri et al. Nat. Genet. 44, 291–296 (2012).38 © NPG.