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. 2021 Mar 9;92(7):717–722. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-325676

Table 2.

OR and AP with 95% CI of developing MS among subjects with different numbers of DRB1*15:01 alleles exposed to the assessed lifestyle/environmental factor, compared with non-exposed DRB1*15:01 negative subjects

DRB1*15:01 Smoking ca/co* OR (95% CI)† AP (95% CI)
0 + 1767/2258 1.5 (1.4 to 1.7)
1 + 1881/815 5.6 (4.9 to 6.3) 0.3 (0.2 to 0.4)
2 + 368/77 11.6 (8.8 to 15.3) 0.3 (0.02 to 0.6)
DRB1*15:01 Anti-EBNA-1 IgG ca/co* OR (95% CI)‡ AP (95% CI)
0 High 1474/1747 2.6 (2.3 to 2.9)
1 High 2033/758 10.0 (8.6 to 11.5) 0.5 (0.4 to 0.6)
2 High 445/87 19.5 (14.8 to 25.6) 0.5 (0.4 to 0.7)
DRB1*15:01 Adolescent BMI ca/co* OR (95% CI)§ AP (95% CI)
0 >25 392/467 1.4 (1.2 to 1.6)
1 >25 450/164 5.4 (4.4 to 6.7) 0.3 (0.1 to 0.4)
2 >25 87/15 12.5 (6.9 to 21.6) 0.3 (−0.1 to 0.7)

*Number of exposed cases and controls.

†Adjusted for study, age, sex, residential area, ancestry, EBNA-1 status, adolescent BMI, rs9277565, rs2229092, DRB1*03:01, DRB1*13:03, DRB1*08:01, A*02:01, B*44:02, B*38:01, B*55:01, DQA1*01:01, DQB1*03:02 and DQB1*03:01. Homozygote correction was made for DRB1*03:01 and A*02:01.

‡Adjusted for study, age, sex, residential area, ancestry, smoking, adolescent BMI, rs9277565, rs2229092, DRB1*03:01, DRB1*13:03, DRB1*08:01, A*02:01, B*44:02, B*38:01, B*55:01, DQA1*01:01, DQB1*03:02 and DQB1*03:01. Homozygote correction was made for DRB1*03:01 and A*02:01.

§Adjusted for study, age, sex, residential area, ancestry, smoking, EBNA-1 status, rs9277565, rs2229092, DRB1*03:01, DRB1*13:03, DRB1*08:01, A*02:01, B*44:02, B*38:01, B*55:01, DQA1*01:01, DQB1*03:02 and DQB1*03:01. Homozygote correction was made for DRB1*03:01 and A*02:01. AP, attributable proportion due to interaction.

AP, attributable proportion; BMI, body mass index; MS, multiple sclerosis.