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Table 5 HLA-DRB1 amino acid variants that showed strong association with OBI carriers

From: High resolution HLA-DRB1 analysis and shared molecular amino acid signature of DRβ1 molecules in Occult hepatitis B infection

Amino acid position

Amino acid variants

OBI (AA-F%)

2n = 214

Control (AA-F%)

2n = 560

p value

OR

95% CI

4

Glutamine (Q)

76 (35.51)

131 (23.39)

0.0010

1.804

1.282–2.538

 

Arginine (R)

137 (64.02)

429 (76.61)

0.0006

0.5433

0.3863–0.7641

 

Undetermined

1 (0.47)

0 (0.00)

NS

  

57

Alanine (A)

3 (1.40)

21 (3.75)

NS

  
 

Aspartic acid (D)

85 (39.72)

271 (48.39)

0.0359

0.7027

0.5102–0.9678

 

Serine (S)

15 (7.01)

63 (11.25)

NS

  
 

Valine (V)

111 (51.87)

205 (36.61)

0.0002

1.866

1.357–2.566

60

Histidine (H)

3 (1.40)

21 (3.75)

NS

  
 

Serine (S)

111 (51.87)

205 (36.61)

0.0002

1.866

1.357–2.566

 

Tyrosine (Y)

100 (46.73)

334 (59.64)

0.0016

0.5935

0.4322–0.8152

78

Valine (V)

76 (35.51)

131 (23.39)

0.0010

1.804

1.282–2.538

 

Tyrosine (Y)

138 (64.49)

429 (76.61)

0.0010

0.5545

0.3940–0.7803

  1. OBI, occult hepatitis B infection; AA-F, amino acid frequency; OR, odds ratio; 95%CI, 95% confidence interval; Pc, corrected P. Gln: glutamine; Arg: Arginine; Un: Undetermined; Ala: alanine; Ser: Serine; Val: Valine; His: Histidine; Tyr: Tyrosine
  2. In bold: significant value of P < 0.05