Table 1

Frequencies of HLA-DRB1 alleles in leprosy per se patients and control group

Alleles

Leprosy per se

Controls

P

OR

CI 95%

(N = 169)

(N = 217)

n

%

n

%

DRB1*01

30

8.8

38

8.8

1

DRB1*03

35

10.3

52

12.0

0.4641

DRB1*04

23

6.8

42

9.7

0.1701

DRB1*07

35

10.3

50

11.5

0.6217

DRB1*08

25

7.3

24

5.5

0.2847

DRB1*09

11

3.2

7

1.6

0.1487

DRB1*10

9

2.66

7

1.6

0.3169

DRB1*11

35

10.3

59

13.6

0.1528

DRB1*12

4

1.1

5

1.2

1

DRB1*13

38

11.2

69

15.9

0.0512

DRB1*14

13

3.8

19

4.4

0.8527

DRB1*15

50

14.7

48

11.1

0.1002

DRB1*16

25

7.3

14

3.2

0.01*

2.52

1.26–5.01

DRB1*1601

13

3.8

8

1.8

0.1126

DRB1*1602

11

3.3

5

1.1

0.0684

DRB1*1605

1

0.2

0

0

0.4378

DRB1*1608

0

0

1

0.2

1

N: number of individuals. n: number of alleles. P : probability. OR: odds ratio. CI: confidence interval. *pc: 0.13.

da Silva et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2009 9:134   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-134