Review Article

Meta-Analysis of the Association between Vitiligo and Human Leukocyte Antigen-A

Table 3

Association between vitiligo and human leukocyte antigen- (HLA-) A alleles in terms of ethnicity.

EthnicityAllelePatients% ()Controls% ()OR (95% CI)/article number

AsianA0132.54 (165/507)34.04 (241/708)0.91 (0.66, 1.26)/60.574
A0221.45 (515/2401)26.31 (693/2634)1.24r (0.93, 1.67)/90.147
A0316.71 (60/359)5.00 (50/1000)2.46r (1.11, 5.45)/60.026
A043.85 (2/52)3.00 (3/100)1.29 (0.21, 7.99)/10.782
A0918.82 (54/287)24.72 (88/356)0.60 (0.40, 0.89)/40.010
A1010.45 (30/287)3.65 (13/356)2.73 (1.40, 5.35)/40.003
A1122.84 (82/359)20.10 (201/1000)0.99 (0.71, 1.38)/60.960
A1922.50 (18/80)43.75 (35/80)0.19r (0.02, 2.02)/20.170
A232.35 (2/85)4.00 (8/200)0.72 (0.17, 3.11)/20.662
A2425.00 (31/124)48.12 (358/744)0.79r (0.17, 3.76)/30.767
A2517.57 (42/239)7.10 (25/352)2.65 (1.56, 4.51)/2<0.001
A268.07 (167/2069)13.96 (322/2306)0.76r (0.47, 1.24)/50.274
A287.66 (18/235)11.33 (29/256)0.43r (0.08, 2.20)/30.311
A292.35 (2/85)5.00 (10/200)0.45 (0.10, 2.08)/20.307
A3013.20 (47/356)6.50 (42/646)2.18r (0.85, 5.61)/50.107
A313.72 (75/2017)6.53 (144/2206)1.79r (0.55, 5.85)/40.335
A328.24 (7/85)9.00 (18/200)0.90 (0.36, 2.23)/20.813
A3323.56 (422/1791)11.28 (159/1410)2.32 (1.90, 2.83)/2<0.001
A360.89 (2/227)2.74 (8/292)0.61r (0.01, 40.53)/20.818
A380.00 (0/40)2.50 (1/40)0.33 (0.01, 8.22)/10.495
A4331.72 (72/227)36.64 (107/292)0.85 (0.58, 1.24)/20.394
A662.93 (7/239)12.50 (44/352)0.20 (0.09, 0.45)/2<0.001
A6814.38 (265/1843)12.58 (190/1510)1.08 (0.88, 1.32)/30.476
A805.00 (2/40)10.00 (4/40)0.47 (0.08, 2.75)/10.405
Aw190.74 (13/1758)6.79 (89/1310)0.10 (0.06, 0.18)/1<0.001
Aw3312.82 (5/39)13.79 (75/544)0.92 (0.35, 2.43)/10.866

EuropeanA0116.30 (22/135)27.88 (235/843)0.46 (0.28, 0.74)/20.002
A0262.84 (115/183)41.01 (757/1546)1.80 (1.30, 2.48)/3<0.001
A0325.40 (32/126)20.58 (171/831)1.23 (0.79, 1.92)/20.359
A0920.63 (26/126)24.43 (203/831)0.79 (0.50, 1.26)/20.321
A109.09 (3/33)13.09 (58/443)0.66 (0.20, 2.25)/10.510
A1115.15 (5/33)9.71 (43/443)1.66 (0.61, 4.53)/10.321
A289.09 (3/33)5.42 (24/443)1.75 (0.50, 6.13)/10.385
A299.09 (3/33)7.45 (33/443)1.24 (0.36, 4.29)/10.731
A309.52 (12/126)4.81 (40/831)1.70r (0.16, 18.02)/20.660
A319.09 (3/33)4.97 (22/443)1.91 (0.54, 6.76)/10.313
A3212.12 (4/33)7.90 (35/443)1.61 (0.53, 4.83)/10.398
A336.06 (2/33)2.26 (10/443)2.79 (0.59, 13.31)/10.197

AmericanA0124.39 (40/164)16.29 (57/350)1.91r (0.66, 5.53)/20.230
A0260.98 (100/164)36.86 (129/350)2.73 (1.85, 4.03)/2<0.001
A0318.90 (31/164)22.29 (78/350)0.81 (0.51, 1.29)/20.373
A0920.83 (10/48)18.69 (20/107)1.14 (0.49, 2.68)/10.775
A108.33 (4/48)27.10 (29/107)0.24 (0.08, 0.74)/10.013
A116.71 (11/164)10.29 (36/350)0.82r (0.20, 3.32)/20.776
A237.76 (9/116)9.88 (24/243)0.77 (0.34, 1.71)/10.517
A2418.10 (21/116)17.28 (42/243)1.06 (0.59, 1.89)/10.849
A250.00 (0/116)3.70 (9/243)0.11 (0.01, 1.84)/10.123
A267.76 (9/116)8.23 (20/243)0.94 (0.41, 2.13)/10.878
A286.25 (3/48)11.21 (12/107)0.53 (0.14, 1.96)/10.340
A296.10 (10/164)9.43 (33/350)0.64 (0.31, 1.31)/20.222
A3012.93 (15/116)15.23 (37/243)0.83 (0.43, 1.58)/10.564
A315.17 (6/116)9.47 (23/243)0.52 (0.21, 1.32)/10.169
A323.45 (4/116)8.23 (20/243)0.40 (0.13, 1.19)/10.100
A335.17 (6/116)6.17 (15/243)0.83 (0.31, 2.20)/10.706
A340.00 (0/116)3.29 (8/243)0.12 (0.01, 2.08)/10.145
A360.00 (0/116)1.65 (4/243)0.23 (0.01, 4.28)/10.323
A662.59 (3/116)0.82 (2/243)3.20 (0.53, 19.41)/10.206
A6815.52 (18/116)9.05 (22/243)1.85 (0.95, 3.59)/10.072
A690.00 (0/116)0.82 (2/243)0.41 (0.02, 8.71)/10.571
A800.00 (0/116)0.41 (1/243)0.69 (0.03, 17.16)/10.823
Aw190.00 (0/48)0.93 (1/107)0.73 (0.03, 18.29)/10.849
Aw232.08 (1/48)4.67 (5/107)0.43 (0.05, 3.82)/10.452
Aw240.00 (0/48)2.80 (3/107)0.31 (0.02, 6.08)/10.439
Aw3020.83 (10/48)28.04 (30/107)0.68 (0.30, 1.52)/10.345
Aw3116.67 (8/48)4.67 (5/107)4.08 (1.26, 13.22)/10.019
Aw324.17 (2/48)8.41 (9/107)0.47 (0.10, 2.28)/10.351
Aw336.25 (3/48)4.67 (5/107)1.36 (0.31, 5.94)/10.683

: total number of subjects, : positive number of subjects, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, article number: total number of the articles relevant to the association between vitiligo and HLA-A alleles, r: random effects model, and the others: fixed effects model.