Table 2.
HLA-C Allele Groups (C1, C2), Cw*07 and Cw*0701 Allele Frequencies in Southampton AMD and Control Groups
| HLA-C Alleles | AMD Group n = 104 (%) |
Control Group n = 93 (%) |
P* | OR† | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1C1 | 43 (41.3) | 46 (49.4) | 0.25 | 0.72 | 0.41–1.27 |
| C1C2 | 50 (48.1) | 34 (36.6) | 0.10 | 1.60 | 0.91–2.84 |
| C2C2 | 11 (10.6) | 13 (14.0) | 0.46 | 0.73 | 0.31–1.71 |
| C1 alleles | 136 (65.4) | 126 (67.7) | 0.38 | 1.16 | 0.82–1.64 |
| C2 alleles | 72 (34.6) | 60 (32.3) | 0.14 | 1.44 | 0.88–2.39 |
| Cw*07 allele | 63 (60.1) | 46 (49.5) | 0.11 | 1.57 | 0.89–2.76 |
| Cw*0701 allele | 43 (41.3) | 25 (26.9) | 0.03‡ | 1.92 | 1.05–3.50 |
Two-sided P values using χ2 test.
OR according to the approximation of Woolf. χ2 for trend testing all C groups = 0.23 (P = 0.62).
Significant results.