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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Nephrol. 2017 Nov;37(6):514–519. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2017.07.004

Table 1.

Prevalence of APOL1 risk alleles among HIV renal histologies.

Disease Country N cases APOL1 2 RA prevalence in reference population (HIV status) APOL1 2 RA prevalence in disease Odds ratio (CI) for kidney disease, when 2 APOL1 risk alleles are present Reference
HIVAN USA 54 8% (HIV+) 72% 29 (14, 68) (Kopp et al. 2011)
USA 60 ND 62% ND (Atta et al. 2012)
South Africa 38 3.7% (HIV+) 79% 89 (18, 912) (Kasembeli et al. 2015)
HIVICK USA 31 ND 3% ND (Fine et al. 2012)
South Africa 49 3.7% (HIV+) 9% 2.6 (NS) (Kasembeli et al. 2015)
HIV+ FSGS USA 35 8% (HIV+) 63% 20 (8, 45) (Fine et al. 2012)
USA 203-X ND X 3 (1.5, 6) (Atta et al. 2016)
South Africa 22 3.7% (HIV+) 8% 2.1 (NS) (Kasembeli et al. 2015)
HIV-negative FSGS USA 217 13% (HIV-) 72% 17 (11,26) (Kopp et al. 2011)

Shown are the results of studies that have examined the prevalence of APOL1 high-risk individuals (those carrying two APOL1 risk alleles) among HIV+ individuals with particular renal histologies. The rates of APOL1 two risk allele carriage for the control population are 13% in the general US African American population in the Kopp et al study, 4% in the general South African population in the Kasembeli et al study, and 8% among HIV+ African Americans lacking kidney disease in Kopp et al study. Odds ratio was calculated from data in Fine et al, using data from the HIV+ African American population, lacking kidney disease, taken from the Kopp et al study.

HIVAN, HIV nephropathy. HIVICK, HIV-associated immune complex kidney disease. ND, not determined. NS, not significant.