Table 5

Conditional analysis on HLA-B27 negative subjects for associations of MICA alleles with AS, and on MICA*007:01 or *019 negative subjects for associations of HLA-B27 with AS

AS patientsControlsORp Value95% CI
US cohort—HLA-B27 (−)
MICA*007:01 (+)19/10010/3999.124.28×10−84.09 to 20.35
US cohort—MICA*007:01 (−)
 HLA-B27 (+)39/1201/390187.34.33×10−2625.37 to 1387.99
Chinese cohort—HLA-B27 (−)
MICA*007:01 (+)7/422/42442.29.35×10−78.45 to 210.87
 MICA*019 (+)21/4242/4249.11.46×10−94.59 to 18.02
MICA*007:01 or *019 (+)27/4244/42415.551.3×10−147.69 to 31.43
Chinese cohort—MICA*007:01 (−)
 HLA-B27 (+)82/11726/44838.033.8×10−4721.72 to 66.56
Chinese cohort-MICA*019 (−)
 HLA-B27 (+)48/6924/40636.383.04×10−3118.84 to 70.25
Chinese cohort—MICA*007:01 and *019 (−)
 HLA-B27 (+)10/1513/39319.495.94×10−87.38 to 51.54