title: Age-related association of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with BfF1 and the HLA-B18, BfF1 haplotype.
abstract: Five hundred and ninety-nine patients with insulin-dependent (Type 1) diabetes mellitus were typed for Bf (factor B) polymorphism, and 318 of them for HLA-A, B and C antigens. Bf and HLA antigen frequencies were compared with those in 536 normal controls. A significant positive association between Type 1 diabetes and the rare factor B variant BfF1 was found (p less than 10(-3)), but this was present only in patients aged under 16 years at onset of the disease (p less than 0.005). There was a strongly positive linkage disequilibrium between BfF1 and HLA-B18 in the diabetic patients. This, too was especially pronounced in the juvenile onset cases, in whom it was significantly stronger than in controls (p less than 10(-3)). The known positive associations between Type 1 diabetes and HLA-B8, -B15 and -Cw3 were confirmed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059911:HLA-B18 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059911:HLA-B18 Antigen; D007328:Insulin