Table 2.

Allelic associations (OR and 95% CI) comparing atopic dermatitis (AD) to controls and allelic frequencies (AF) for RA HLA-DRB1 risk alleles.

AlleleOR (95% CI)AF AD (95% CI)AF Controls (95% CI)
DRB1*01:010.76 (0.50–1.14)0.07 (0.05–0.09)0.09 (0.07–0.12)
DRB1*01:020.92 (0.40–2.12)0.02 (0.01–0.03)0.02 (0.01–0.04)
DRB1*04:010.90 (0.57–1.43)0.07 (0.05–0.09)0.08 (0.05–0.11)
DRB1*04:020.43 (0.13–1.41)0.01 (0.00–0.01)0.01 (0.01–0.03)
DRB1*04:030.52 (0.10–2.58)0.00 (0.00–0.01)0.01 (0.00–0.02)
DRB1*04:041.81 (0.93–3.53)0.05 (0.03–0.07)0.03 (0.01–0.05)
DRB1*04:050.69 (0.15–3.12)0.00 (0.00–0.01)0.01 (0.00–0.02)
DRB1*04:073.69 (0.45–30.18)0.01 (0.00–0.02)0.00 (0.00–0.01)
DRB1*04:08^2.01 (0.22–∞)0.00 (0.00–0.01)0.00 (0.00–0.01)
DRB1*09:012.30 (0.65–8.14)0.02 (0.01–0.03)0.01 (0.00–0.02)
DRB1*10:010.83 (0.27–2.57)0.01 (0.00–0.02)0.01 (0.00–0.03)
DRB1*16:011.04 (0.46–2.37)0.02 (0.01–0.03)0.02 (0.01–0.04)
SE1.19 (0.83–1.71)0.27 (0.23–0.32)0.24 (0.18–0.30)
  • The highest risk alleles in RA include -04:01, -04:10, -04:08, -04:05, -04:04, -04:06, -04:11, -04:15, and -10:01, and are also referred to as shared epitope (SE).5 AF of ≥ 0.05 in bold.

  • ^ Exact logistic regression. No P < 0.05.