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. 2021 Mar 12;12:1639. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21975-x

Table 1.

Associations of the HLA variants with the T1D risk identified through trans-ethnic fine-mapping study.

Frequency (BBJ) Frequency (UKB)
Case Control Case Control OR (95% CI)a Pa
HLA variant n = 831 n = 61,556 n = 732 n = 353,727 BBJ UKB BBJ UKB
HLA-DRβ1 amino acid position 71
 Alanine 0.10 0.18 0.043 0.15 0.85 (0.66–1.10) 1.34 (0.89–1.99) 0.23 0.16
 Arginine 0.82 0.73 0.33 0.45 (reference)
 Glutamic acid 0.073 0.074 0.083 0.12 1.26 (0.89–1.77) 0.72 (0.56–0.93) 0.019 0.0013
 Lysine 0.0096 0.011 0.54 0.28 1.31 (0.71–2.24) 2.11 (1.77–2.53) 0.035 1.9 × 10−16
HLA-DQβ1 amino acid position 185
 Isoleucine 0.39 0.57 0.68 0.83 2.74 (2.21–3.40) 4.12 (3.49–4.99) 3.5 × 10−20 7.0 × 10−55
 Threonine 0.61 0.43 0.32 0.17 (reference)
HLA-DQβ1 amino acid position 30
 Histidine 0.16 0.19 0.18 0.23 1.36 (0.97–1.93) 4.16 (2.86–5.96) 0.0078 3.0 × 10−14
 Serine 0.0042 0.0038 0.34 0.25 inf 3.82 (2.53–5.87) 0.079 3.8 × 10−10
 Tyrosine 0.83 0.80 0.48 0.52 (reference)
HLA-DRβ1 amino acid position 74
 Alanine 0.56 0.59 0.59 0.65 (reference)
 Arginine 0.0018 0.00088 0.28 0.15 0 (0–0.05) 0.64 (0.42–0.96) 0.080 0.0036
 Glutamic acid 0.32 0.27 0.021 0.036 0.77 (0.64–0.93) 0.57 (0.38–0.82) 6.5 × 10−4 4.0 × 10−4
 Glutamine 0.0024 0.0030 0.079 0.15 0 (0–0.0029) 0.31 (0.21–0.44) 0.079 4.5 × 10−10
 Leucine 0.12 0.14 0.023 0.023 0.97 (0.81–1.16) 2.20 (0.85–4.84) 0.074 0.0077
HLA-DQβ1 amino acid position 70
 Arginine 0.60 0.62 0.79 0.63 (reference)
 Glutamic acid 0.26 0.17 0.020 0.020 0.73 (0.59–0.90) 0.27 (0.11–0.71) 2.0 × 10−4 0.0052
 Glycine 0.14 0.20 0.19 0.35 0.95 (0.72–1.25) 0.50 (0.36–0.70) 0.073 3.1 × 10−5
HLA-A amino acid position 62
 Arginine 0.19 0.20 0.064 0.086 1.25 (1.05–1.49) 0.93 (0.74-1.16) 0.0012 0.53
 Glutamic acid 0.39 0.37 0.094 0.093 1.40 (1.21–1.63) 1.33 (1.10-1.60) 9.2 × 10−6 0.0025
 Glutamine 0.15 0.19 0.46 0.49 (reference)
 Glycine 0.26 0.24 0.33 0.29 1.44 (1.23–1.68) 1.27 (1.12-1.44) 6.6 × 10−6 1.6 × 10−4
 Leucine 0 0 0.055 0.044 2.01 (1.57–2.55) 1.5 × 10−12 1.9 × 10−8
HLA-B allele
 HLA-B*54:01 0.14 0.073 0 0 1.78 (1.51–2.08)

BBJ BioBank Japan, UKB UK Biobank, HLA human leukocyte antigen, OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval.

aObtained from the multivariate regression model that included all the variants listed here.