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. 2019 Jul 25;62(11):2025–2039. doi: 10.1007/s00125-019-4952-8

Table 4.

Frequencies of HLA risk genotypes and haplotypes at diagnosis in familial groups and children with sporadic diabetes (n = 4993)

Genetics, % (95% CI) 1. Affected father, n=253 (5.1%) 2. Affected mother, n=141 (2.8%) 3. Affected sibling, n=95 (1.9%) 4. ≥2 affected family members, n=30 (0.6%) 5. Sporadic, n=4474 (89.6%) p value Adjusted p valuea
DR3-DQ2/DR4-DQ8 21.3 (16.3, 26.4) 23.4 (16.4, 30.4) 29.5 (20.3, 38.6) 26.7 (10.8, 42.5) 21.1 (19.9, 22.2) 0.306 0.238
DR3-DQ2/xb 11.1 (7.2, 14.9) 17.0 (10.8, 23.2) 12.6 (6.0, 19.3) 13.3 (1.2, 25.5) 15.6 (14.5, 16.6) 0.320 0.313
DR4-DQ8/yc 56.1 (50.0, 62.2) 51.1 (42.8, 59.3) 42.1 (32.2, 52.0) 53.3 (35.5, 71.2) 47.5 (46.0, 48.9) 0.052 0.048
1 vs 3: <0.05
1 vs 5: <0.05
xb/yc 11.5 (7.5, 15.4) 8.5 (3.9, 13.1) 15.8 (8.5, 23.1) 6.7 (0, 15.6) 15.9 (14.8, 17.0) 0.030 0.044
2 vs 5: <0.05
DR3-DQ2 homozygosity 3.2 (1.0, 5.3) 2.8 (0.1, 5.6) 3.2 (0, 6.7) 3.3 (0, 9.8) 3.0 (2.5, 3.5) 0.971 1.000
DR4-DQ8 homozygosity 15.0 (10.6, 19.4) 10.6 (5.5, 15.7) 8.4 (2.8, 14.0) 10.0 (0, 20.7) 7.6 (6.9, 8.4) 0.001 0.001
1 vs 5: 0.001
DR3-DQ2 32.4 (26.6, 38.2) 40.4 (32.3, 48.5) 42.1 (32.2, 52.0) 40.0 (22.5, 57.5) 36.6 (35.2, 38.0) 0.381 0.336
DR4-DQ8 77.5 (72.3, 82.6) 74.5 (67.3, 81.7) 71.6 (62.5, 80.6) 80.0 (65.7, 94.3) 68.5 (67.1, 70.0) 0.012 0.015
1 vs 5: <0.05

Variables are presented as % (95% CI)

In case of significant differences in the analyses between the four familial subgroups and those with sporadic disease, paired comparisons by groups were also performed. Only significant p values are presented from the paired analyses

For comparing frequencies in each study group, cross tabulation and χ2 statistics with continuity correction or Fisher’s exact test when appropriate were used. Differences in levels were determined using Kruskal–Wallis test or the Mann–Whitney U test

Adjustment for confounding factors was performed using logistic/ordinal/multinomial regression for dichotomous/ordinal/categorical variables

aAdjusted for sex and age at diagnosis

bx ≠ DR4-DQ8

cy ≠ DR3-DQ2