Research Article

Comparisons of CVID and IgGSD: Referring Physicians, Autoimmune Conditions, Pneumovax Reactivity, Immunoglobulin Levels, Blood Lymphocyte Subsets, and HLA-A and -B Typing in 432 Adult Index Patients

Table 6

Positivity for HLA-B types in 432 adult CVID/IgGSD index patients1.

TypeCVID ()IgGSD ()Value of

B*0729.4 (10)22.9 (91)0.3866
B*0838.2 (13)25.4 (101)0.1025
B*1304.3 (17)0.2414
B*142.9 (1)9.0 (36)0.1874
B*1511.8 (4)14.1 (56)0.4757
B*188.8 (3)7.3 (29)0.4708
B*272.9 (1)6.8 (27)0.3322
B*358.8 (3)14.1 (56)0.2888
B*372.9 (1)2.3 (9)0.5634
B*388.8 (3)2.8 (11)0.0891
B*3903.5 (14)0.1681
B*4017.7 (6)8.8 (35)0.0894
B*4101.0 (4)0.7196
B*4444.1 (15)30.2 (120)0.0917
B*4502.3 (9)0.4747
B*4701.0 (4)0.7196
B*4800.3 (1)0.9213
B*4903.8 (15)0.2863
B*5002.8 (11)0.3705
B*5114.7 (5)8.3 (33)0.1673
B*5202.5 (10)0.4366
B*532.9 (1)1.3 (5)0.3903
B*5503.5 (14)0.3116
B*5601.3 (5)0.6624
B*572.9 (1)7.0 (28)0.3127
B*5800.5 (2)0.8486
B*6001.3 (5)0.6624
B*622.9 (1)0.5 (2)0.2185

HLA, human leukocyte antigen; CVID, common variable immunodeficiency; IgGSD, IgG subclass deficiency. Results are displayed as % (). Comparisons were made with Pearson’s test or Fischer’s exact test, as appropriate.