HLA-A,B,C and DR antigens in Chinese with non-insulin-dependent diabetes: comparison with goitrous diabetics.
To examine the relationship between HLA antigens and Type 2 non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDM), 72 patients were studied and compared with 282 controls. Twenty of 72 patients had an associated non-toxic goiter. The clinical features of the goitrous diabetic patients were similar to those without goiter except that those with goiter were predominantly female (95%). Of the 46 antigens assayed, only A10 was increased in the 72 diabetics when compared with the controls (12.5 vs 5.7%, RR = 2.37, chi 2 = 4.07, p less than 0.05), but statistically this was not significant after p value correction. In the patients with goiter, antigens A2, A9, A10, B27, BW46, CW1, DR1, DR5, DR8, DRW9 showed 2 folds or greater differences in frequencies when compared to the non-goitrous diabetics. However, only A2 had a significant decrease in the former as compared with the latter (30.0 vs 59.6%, chi 2 = 5.07, p less than 0.05), but this was also statistically insignificant. The present study showed no significant HLA associations in Chinese NIDDM patients with or without non-toxic goiter, and the distribution of each antigen was not related to the presence or absence of goiter.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications*; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013624:Taiwan
D006680:HLA Antigens; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D015236:HLA-C Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens