Table 3.
The comparison of human leukocyte antigen alleles which increase or decrease the gastric cancer risk in gastric cancer subgroup cases in terms of CagA+ (≥ 2) EPIYA-C, n (%)
| GC (≥ 2) EPIYA-C (n = 26, alleles = 52) | GC (< 2) EPIYA-C (n = 18, alleles = 36) | OR | 95%CI | P value | |||
| Minimum | Maximum | ||||||
| HLA-A*02 | 12 (23) | 10 (27) | 0.78 | 0.29 | 2.06 | 0.6170 | |
| HLA-B*35 | 12 (23) | 10 (27) | 0.78 | 0.29 | 2.06 | 0.6170 | |
| HLA-DRB1*13 | 12 (23) | 12 (33) | 0.60 | 0.23 | 1.54 | 0.2903 | |
| HLA-DQA1*01 | 24 (46) | 16 (44) | 1.07 | 0.45 | 2.51 | 0.8742 | |
| HLA-DQB1*06 | 12 (23) | 16 (44) | 0.37 | 1.14 | 2.90 | 0.0369 | |
HLA: Human leukocyte antigen; GC: Gastric cancer; CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio.