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. 2021 May 31;19:230. doi: 10.1186/s12967-021-02888-1

Table 2.

Results of the gene-based likelihood ratio tests (p-values for each test are shown)

Disease/gene HLA-A HLA-B HLA-C HLA-DPB1 HLA-DQA1 HLA-DQB1 HLA-DRB1
Any infection 0.1759 0.6097 0.7975 0.6141 0.1708 0.5422 0.4631
Bacterial infection 0.3187 0.1235 0.05251 0.7455 0.7642 0.9248 0.8715
CNS infection NA NA 0.5737 0.01279a 0.6255 0.477 NA
Gastrointestinal infection 0.5783 0.5979 0.9051 0.03784 0.09455 0.2796 0.4751
Genital infection 1 1 0.3614 0.1255 0.4617 0.2426 NA
Hepatitis infection NA NA NA NA 0.07716 0.6711 NA
Other infections 0.643 0.6957 0.9214 0.7476 0.01073a 0.08866 0.4972
Otitis infection 0.02872 0.8145 0.6157 0.8382 0.8545 0.8985 0.5372
Pregnancy-related infection 0.6392 NA 0.7479 0.4424 0.8963 0.8691 NA
Respiratory infection 0.437 0.7647 0.2972 0.4032 0.1343 0.09267 0.1911
Sepsis NA NA 0.4429 0.7941 0.3766 0.003534a NA
Skin infection 0.5236 0.02606 0.2706 0.7474 0.5656 0.6319 0.816
Urological infection 0.6288 0.7088 0.02561 0.3027 0.9862 0.6622 0.6907
Viral infection 0.2659 0.2998 0.3384 0.3027 0.03678 0.01402a 0.0467

NA denotes cases in which the regression/likelihood ratio test failed due to small sample sizes, multicollinearity of the alleles, and/or rare alleles

aThese associations obtained the lowest q-value (27%)