Table II.
Frequencies of HLA-DRB1 alleles in multibacillary (MB) patients and healthy controls.
| HLA-DR alleles | MB (N=41) | Controls (N=99) | MB vs. controls | ||||
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| n | gf | n | gf | pc | OR | 95% CI | |
| 01 | 16 | 0.195 | 10 | 0.050 | <0.001 | 4.5 | 1.84–11.4 |
| 04 | 16 | 0.195 | 47 | 0.237 | 0.53 | - | - |
| 07 | 14 | 0.171 | 22 | 0.111 | 0.24 | - | - |
| 08 | 8 | 0.098 | 33 | 0.166 | 0.19 | - | - |
| 13 | 7 | 0.085 | 10 | 0.050 | 0.40 | - | - |
| 14 | 5 | 0.061 | 21 | 0.106 | 0.33 | - | - |
| 15 | 4 | 0.049 | 13 | 0.065 | 0.79 | - | - |
| 11 | 4 | 0.049 | 20 | 0.101 | 0.23 | - | - |
| 03 | 3 | 0.037 | 11 | 0.055 | 0.71 | - | - |
| 09 | 1 | 0.012 | 3 | 0.015 | 0.71 | - | - |
| 10 | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.005 | 0.42 | - | - |
| 16 | 1 | 0.012 | 5 | 0.025 | 0.81 | - | - |
| 12 | 1 | 0.012 | 2 | 0.010 | 0.89 | - | - |
N, number of individuals; n, number of alleles; gf, genetic frequencies; pc, Yates corrected P-values taking into consideration the number of alleles observed; OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.