Table 1.

Major HLA genotypes associated with VKH disease

HLA genotype association	Major findings	Race	References
HLA-DQA1*0301	100% of 57 VKH patients vs. 67.2% of 122 control subjects	Japanese	Islam et al. [[24]]
HLA-DQB1*0604	0% of 57 VKH patients vs. 15.6% of 122 control subjects, i.e., may be protective against VKH disease	Japanese	Islam et al. [[24]]
HLA-DRB1*0404	25% of 76 VKH patients vs. 9.8% of 256 healthy individuals	Mexican Mestizo	Alaez et al. [[40]]
HLA-DRB1*0405	95% of 40 VKH patients vs. 58.2% of DR4-positive healthy controls	Japanese	Shindo et al. [[28]]
	54.1% of 37 VKH patients have HLA-DRB1*0405 with a relative risk of 11.76 over the general population	Highly admixed Brazilian	Goldberg et al. [[34]]
	82.3% of 18 VKH patients vs. 9.3% of 128 control subjects	Korean	Kim et al. [[35]]
	36.6% of 30 VKH patients vs. 6.9% of 29 control subjects	Saudi Arabian	Iqniebi et al. [[36]]
	13.2% of 76 VKH patients vs. 0.4% of 256 healthy individuals	Mexican Mestizo	Alaez et al. [[40]]