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. 2014 May 2;9(5):e96578. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096578

Table 1. Proportion of population and 95%CIs for each category of risk considering only HLA-DRB1, HLA-DRB1 + MS associations known in 2011 and HLA-DRB1 + all currently known MS associations.

Model considered Risk Category
Reduced Average Elevated High
HLA-DRB1 95% CI 0–0.89 0.89–1.12 1.12–3.27 3.27–Inf
Proportion of population 0.0% 63.8% 32.1% 4.1%
HLA-DRB1 + Old associations 95% CI 0–0.76 0.76–1.34 1.34–2.06 2.06–Inf
Proportion of population 44.8% 41.6% 7.5% 6.1%
HLA-DRB1 + All associations 95% CI 0–0.70 0.70–1.47 1.47–2.71 2.71–Inf
Proportion of population 40.8% 49.0% 6.9% 3.3%

In brief, GWAS statistics (OR and risk allele frequencies) are used to simulate a population of 100,000 individuals. An overall genetic risk of MS is calculated for each individual and scaled by the mean risk profile. Categories of risk are defined based on the 95%CI of risk of each individual (see methods).