Table 3A.

Allelic associations at HLA class I or II loci for HLA class II positive cases vs. controls. Only significant results (P< 0.05) are shown.

Allele	Case alleles (n)	Control alleles (n)	P-value	Direction	HLA class of allele
DPB1 11	29	21	0.007	Causative	2
DPB1 11	85	154	0.039	Protective	2
DQA 2	206	221	0.0004	Causative	2
DQB 6	283	351	0.026	Causative	2
DRB 1	89	167	0.019	Protective	2
DRB 7	187	211	0.005	Causative	2
HLA C 17	2	15	0.007	Protective	1