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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Mar 18;94(1):142–149. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2013.55

Table 2.

Association of HLA-A*31:01, proxy SNP rs1061235 and HLA-B*15:02 with CBZ hypersensitivity.

Total N HLA-A*31:01 rs1061235T HLA-B*15:02 Combinedd
N positive OR (95% CI) P-valuea N positive OR (95% CI) P-valuea N positive OR (95% CI) P-valuea OR (95% CI) P-valuea
CBZ-HSS 6 3 (50) 26.36 (2.53–307.89) 0.0025 4 (66.7) 25.97 (3.07–340.87) 8.2×10−4 - 4.44 (0.16–120.08)b 1.000 19.05 (1.95–197.65) 0.0048
CBZ-MPE 26 6 (23.1) 8.57 (1.67–57.50) 0.0037 9 (34.6) 7.32 (2.03–28.65) 7.4×10−4 - 1.09 (0.04–27.51)b 1.000 6.09 (1.31–32.25) 0.0095
CBZ-SJS/TEN 9 - 1.33 (0.06–27.76)b 1.000 - 0.69 (0.04–13.27)b 1.000 3 (33.3) 38.65 (2.68–2239.5) 0.0022 9.87 (1.18–75.50) 0.017
CBZ-AGEP 1 - - - 1 (100) - - - - - - -
All CBZ cases 42 9 (21.4) 7.85 (1.82–47.80) 0.0016 14 (33.3) 6.96 (2.25–24.32) 1.5×10−4 3 (7.1) 6.51 (0.50–350.5) 0.101 8.14 (2.25–37.34) 2.6×10−4
HSS/MPE 32 9 (28.1) 11.18 (2.53–69.27) 2.6×10−4 13 (40.6) 9.45 (2.91–34.50) 2.6×10−5 - 0.86 (0.03–21.66)b 1.000 7.94 (2.00–38.55) 8.9×10−5
CBZ-tolerant 91/87c 3 (3.3) - - 6 (6.6) - - 1 (1.1) - - - -

AGEP, Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis; CBZ, carbamazepine; CI, confidence interval; HSS, drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome; MPE, maculopapular exanthem; SJS/TEN, Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis; OR, odds ratio

a

Calculated using Fisher’s exact test

b

Calculated by adding 0.5 to each value in a 2×2 contingency table and using normal approximation.

c

HLA-B*15:02 genotyping failed for four CBZ-tolerant patients

d

Combined analysis of HLA-A*31:01 and HLA-B*15:02

Significant P-values are indicated in bold.