Table 1.

Comparison of the top 20 haplotypes between our family study and an unrelated individual study reported in China.

					Rank and Haplotype frequency
					Our family study		The unrelated study reported[6]
HLA A-C-B-DRB1-DQB1 haplotype					(4n = 8608)		China		East China
A∗	C∗	B∗	DRB1∗	DQB1∗	Rank†	HF (%)	Rank	HF (%)	Rank	HF (%)
30:01	06:02	13:02	07:01	02:02	1	4.98	1	3.70	1	4.50
02:07	01:02	46:01	09:01	03:03	2	3.18	2	2.46	3	2.56
33:03	03:02	58:01	03:01	02:01	3	2.83	3	2.40	2	2.89
33:03	03:02	58:01	13:02	06:09	4	1.45	5	1.06	4	1.43
11:01	08:01	15:02	12:02	03:01	5	1.30	4	1.13	5	1.01
02:07	01:02	46:01	08:03	06:01	6	0.94	6	0.93	7	0.92
33:03	14:03	44:03	13:02	06:04	6	0.94	7	0.74	6	0.95
11:01	04:01	15:01	04:06	03:02	8	0.86	12	0.56	8	0.60
02:01	03:04	13:01	12:02	03:01	9	0.60	10	0.58	9	0.58
02:01	03:03	15:11	09:01	03:03	9	0.60	22	0.36	18	0.40
11:01	03:04	13:01	15:01	06:01	11	0.58	9	0.64	11	0.56
01:01	06:02	57:01	07:01	03:03	12	0.53	14	0.45	16	0.46
24:02	01:02	54:01	04:05	04:01	13	0.51	16	0.44	14	0.47
11:01	07:02	40:01	08:03	06:01	14	0.48	17	0.42	13	0.49
24:02	14:02	51:01	09:01	03:03	14	0.48	26	0.31	19	0.35
11:01	01:02	46:01	09:01	03:03	16	0.46	11	0.58	10	0.56
11:01	07:02	40:01	09:01	03:03	17	0.45	21	0.36	15	0.46
33:03	07:06	44:03	07:01	02:02	18	0.43	13	0.47	17	0.45
01:01	06:02	37:01	10:01	05:01	19	0.39	8	0.66	12	0.56
11:01	14:02	51:01	09:01	03:03	19	0.39	25	0.31	20	0.34
24:02	03:04	13:01	12:02	03:01	19	0.39	>20‡	–	>20‡	–

^†The same ranks were assigned to different haplotypes if their HFs were equal.

^‡>20 means that the ranks and frequencies of some haplotypes outside of the top 20 list of all the areas showed in study reported.^[6]

HF: Haplotype frequency; –: No data.