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. 2022 Dec 21;9:49. doi: 10.1038/s41439-022-00226-5

Table 5.

Six most common HLA haplotype frequencies in six world populations.

Population and HLA haplotypes (some with CEH/AH designations) Freq (%)
Japanese, 768 families, 3072 haplotypes (Shiina et al., unpublished data)
A*2402-C*1202-B*5201-DRB1*1502-DQA1*0103-DQB1*0601-DPA1*0201-DPB1*0901 7.3
A*2402-C*0702-B*0702-DRB1*0101-DQA1*0101-DQB1*0501-DPA1*0103-DPB1*0402 3.2
A*3303-C*1403-B*4403-DRB1*1302-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0604-DPA1*0103-DPB1*0401 3.1
A*2402-C*0102-B*5401-DRB1*0405-DQA1*0303-DQB1*0401-DPA1*0202-DPB1*0501 2.0
A*1101-C*0401-B*1501-DRB1*0406-DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302-DPA1*0103-DPB1*0201 1.2
A*0207-C*0102-B*4601-DRB1*0803-DQA1*0103-DQB1*0601-DPA1*0202-DPB1*0202 0.9
Chinese, 8608 segregated haplotypes (Li et al.95)
A*3001-C*0602-B*1302-DRB1*0701-DQB1*0202 5.0
A*0207-C*0102-B*4601-DRB1*0901-DQB1*0303 3.2
A*3303-C*0302-B*5801-DRB1*0301-DQB1*0201 2.8
A*3303-C*0302-B*5801-DRB1*1302-DQB1*0609 1.5
A*1101-C*0801-B*1502-DRB1*1202-DQB1*0301 1.3
A*0207-C*0102-B*4601-DRB1*0803-DQB1*0601 0.9
Saudi, 3,588 LD inferred haplotypes (Jawdat et al.96)
A*0201-C*1502-B*5101-DRB1*0402-DQB1*0302-DPB1*0401 1.0
A*0201-C*0702-B*0702-DRB1*1501-DQB1*0602-DPB1*0401 0.9
A*0201-C*0602-B*5001-DRB1*0701-DQB1*0201-DPB1*0401 0.8
A*2301-C*0602-B*5001-DRB1*0701-DQB1*0201-DPB1*0301 0.6
A*2402-C*0702-B*0801-DRB1*0301-DQB1*0201-DPB1*0401 0.6
A*0101-C*1701-B*4101-DRB1*0701-DQB1*0303-DPB1*0402 0.6
British Caucasian, 11,088 PHASE imputed haplotypes (Neville et al.97)
A*0101-C*0701-B*0801-DRB1*0301-DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 (AH8.1) 7.5
A*0301-C*0702-B*0702-DRB1*1501-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 (AH7.1) 3.0
A*0201-C*0501-B*4402-DRB1*0401-DQA1*0301-DQB1*0301 (AH44.1) 2.6
A*0201-C*0702-B*0702-DRB1*1501-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 (AH7.x) 1.8
A*2902-C*1601-B*4403-DRB1*0701-DQA1*0201-DQB1*0202 (AH44.2) 1.8
A*0101-C*0602-B*5701-DRB1*0701-DQA1*0201-DQB1*0303 (AH57.x) 1.4
European American, 12768 statistically inferred haplotypes (Maiers et al.98)
A*0101-C*0701-B*0801-DRB1*0301-DQB1*0201 (AH8.1) 7.4
A*0301-C*0702-B*0702-DRB1*1501-DQB1*0602 (AH7.1) 3.5
A*0201-C*0501-B*4402-DRB1*0401-DQB1*0301 (AH44.1) 2.4
A*0201-C*0702-B*0702-DRB1*1501-DQB1*0602 (AH7.x) 2.3
A*2902-C*1601-B*4403-DRB1*0701-DQB1*0201 g (AH44.2) 1.8
A*0101-C*0602-B*5701-DRB1*0701-DQB1*0303 (AH57.x) 1.3
African American, 894 statistically inferred haplotypes (Maiers et al.98)
A*3001-C*1701-B*4201-DRB1*0302-DQB1*0402 (AH42.1) 1.5
A*0101-C*0701-B*0801-DRB1*0301-DQB1*0201 (AH8.1) 1.4
A*0301-C*0702-B*0702-DRB1*1501-DQB1*0602 (AH7.1) 0.9
A*3303-C*0401-B*5301-DRB1*0804-DQB1*0301 0.8
A*6802-C*0304-B*1510-DRB1*0301-DQB1*0201 0.7
A*6801-C*0602-B* 5802-DRB1*1201-DQB1*0501 (AH58.x) 0.7

The AH nomenclature is taken from Dorak et al.47. The ‘x’ after the AH B allele is an unknown sequential number that needs to be updated.