Table 1

HLA-B alleles in controls and in Alzheimer's disease

Allele
Homozygotes/heterozygotes/negatives (n)
Allelic frequency (%)
Unadjusted allelic odds ratio of AD (95% CI, p)
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p)



Controls
AD
Controls
AD

Controls
AD

HLA-B7
0/42/157
7/58/131
10.6
18.4
1.9 (1.3–2.9, 0.002)
0.1
0.85
HLA-B8
5/49/145
6/45/145
14.8
14.5
1.0 (0.7–1.45, 0.9)
0.7
0.3
HLA-B18
1/16/182
1/11/184
4.5
3.3
0.7 (0.35–1.5, 0.5)
0.3
0.08
HLA-B27
0/11/188
0/18/178
2.8
4.6
1.7 (0.8–3.6, 0.2)
0.7
0.5
HLA-B35
0/22/177
1/25/170
5.5
6.9
1.3 (0.7–2.3, 0.5)
0.4
0.9
HLA-B39
1/9/189
0/7/189
2.8
1.8
0.6 (0.25–1.7, 0.5)
0.025
0.8
HLA-B44
3/56/140
7/48/141
15.6
15.8
1.0 (0.7–1.5, 1.0)
0.3
0.3
HLA-B51
0/20/179
1/8/187
5.0
2.6
0.5 (0.2–1.1, 0.09)
0.5
0.01
HLA-B57
0/19/180
1/19/176
4.8
5.4
1.1 (0.6–2.1, 0.75)
0.5
0.5
HLA-B60
1/31/167
0/19/177
8.3
4.8
0.6 (0.3–1.0, 0.06)
0.7
0.5
HLA-B62
1/31/167
0/23/173
8.3
5.9
0.7 (0.4–1.2, 0.2)
0.7
0.4
HLA-B65
0/13/186
1/4/191
3.3
1.5
0.5 (0.2–1.2, 0.2)
0.6
0.0001

AD = Alzheimer's disease, CI = confidence interval uncorrected

Lehmann et al. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2006 3:33   doi:10.1186/1742-2094-3-33