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 2

Meta-analysis for ethnic subgroups. Values are odds ratio (OR) and confidence interval (CI) in parentheses.

	Overall	Asia	Europe	Middle East	Morocco	Turkey	Japan
	2.48; (1.8-3.5)	1.89; (1.2-2.8)					3.50; (2.1-5.8)
	1.79; (1.2-2.7)		2.53; (0.8-7.6)		1.92; (1.0-3.5)	1.51; (0.8-2.7)
	6.07; (4.8-7.8)	5.99; (3.1-12)	8.22; (5.6-12)	5.03; (1.7-15)	2.46; (1.5-4.1)	5.97; (3.2-11)	6.44; (4.3-9.6)
	5.57; (4.5-6.8)		5.16; (3.7-7.2)			5.98; (3.7-9.8)	6.12; (4.5-8.3)
	3.14; (1.3-7.3)					2.91; (1.0-8.2)	5.39; (0.6-47)
	7.00; (3.8-13)		11.25; (4.9-26)			3.96; (1.6-9.9)
	0.58; (0.4-0.9)	0.69; (0.2-2.7)	0.25; (0.1-5.4)	1.01; (0.2-4.8)	0.93; (0.2-4.7)	0.63; (0.3-1.5)	0.51; (0.3-0.9)
	0.36; (0.2-0.6)					0.36; (0.1-9.0)	0.36; (0.2-0.6)