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Table 3 Case-control analysis in German Caucasians

From: Association of MICA with rheumatoid arthritis independent of known HLA-DRB1risk alleles in a family-based and a case control study

(a) All individuals without controlling for LD with HLA-DRB1

 

   Minor allele

250A

   Allele frequency in cases/controls

22%/33%

   Total alleles of RA cases/controls

178/368

   OR (95% CI)

0.60 (0.4–0.9)

   OR P value

0.016

(b) Subgroup without HLA-DRB1 risk alleles

 

   Frequency in cases/controls

14%/34%

   Total alleles of RA cases/controls

50/216

   OR (95% CI)

0.31 (0.1–0.7)

   OR P value

0.005

(c) All individuals, controlling for LD with HLA-DRB1 by logistic regression

 

   OR (95% CI)

0.6 (0.37–0.96)

   P value

0.032

   LRTa P value

0.022

  1. aLikelihood ratio test evaluating model including HLA-DRB1 alleles S2 and S3P and MICA-250 versus S2 and S3P only. For the HLA-DRB1 locus, allele L was used as reference. CI, confidence interval; LD, linkage disequilibrium; OR, odds ratio; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.