Global Meta-Analysis on the Association between Behcet Syndrome and Polymorphisms from the HLA Class I (A, B, and C) and Class II (DRB1, DQB1, and DPB1) Genes

Table 1

HLA alleles involved in susceptibility/protection in Behcet syndrome (BS). Number of studies, number of BS patients and the ethnically matched controls, OR, and values for each HLA allele included in the meta-analysis.

HLA	OR		of BD	of CTR	of studies
	7.00	<0.0001	503	962	8
	5.81	<0.0001	1895	7799	26
	5.54	<0.0001	988	1571	13
	3.14	0.008	544	625	8
	2.60	<0.0001	153	399	4
	2.48	<0.0001	432	1705	4
	2.35	0.001	279	260	4
	2.34	0.001	279	260	4
	2.23	0.014	279	260	4
	1.79	0.004	433	5479	5
	1.70	<0.0001	523	1781	7
	0.69	0.008	691	5763	10
	0.69	0.035	370	400	5
	0.58	0.007	715	855	10
	0.55	0.007	658	5698	9
	0.55	0.002	237	302	3
	0.53	<0.0001	661	1852	6
	0.53	0.017	580	623	8
	0.51	0.015	267	554	6
	0.36	<0.0001	445	501	3
	0.36	0.002	121	89	3