Table 2

Mean total blood lymphocyte counts in hemochromatosis probands with HFE C282Y homozygosity

HLA
loge lymphocyte count (cells/mm3 × 10-3 (SD))
lymphocyte count (cells/mm3 × 10-3 (95% CI))1
p value (present vs. absent)2

A*01 present
1.012 (0.213)
2.8 (1.8, 4.2)
0.0362
A*01 absent
1.101 (0.184)
3.0 (2.1, 4.3)

B*08 present
0.975 (0.178)
2.7 (1.9, 3.8)
0.0048
B*08 absent
1.104 (0.189)
3.0 (2.1, 4.4)

B*14 present
1.160 (0.180)
3.2 (2.2, 4.5)
0.0317
B*14 absent
1.065 (0.192)
2.9 (2.0, 4.2)

A*01-B*08 present
0.943 (0.195)
2.6 (1.8, 3.8)
0.0026
A*01-B*08 absent
1.101 (0.185)
3.0 (2.1, 4.3)


1Lymphocyte counts were measured at diagnosis of hemochromatosis, and are expressed as mean (95% CI) after computing antilogse of the transformed data.

2Comparisons were made using loge lymphocyte counts and student t-test (two-tail); p values < 0.05 were defined as significant.

Barton et al. BMC Blood Disorders 2005 5:5   doi:10.1186/1471-2326-5-5