Table 1 Characteristics of the analyzed cohorts.

From: HLA-A alleles including HLA-A29 affect the composition of the gut microbiome: a potential clue to the pathogenesis of birdshot retinochoroidopathy

 

HMP cohort

Portland cohort

HLA-A29 Pos

HLA-A29 Neg

p-value

HLA-A29 Pos

HLA-A29 Neg

p-value

Age (Mean ± SD)

25 ± 4.6

26 ± 5.2

0.37

55 ± 6.7

58 ± 7.4

0.3

BMI (Mean ± SD)

24.1 ± 3.6

24.34 ± 3.4

0.8

30.34 ± 8.8

28.23 ± 7.1

0.41

Gender (% Male)

25

53

0.02

40

46

0.7

Ethnicity (% White)

95

81

0.13

90

90

0.98

Count

21

277

–

10

97

–

  1. Except for gender in the HMP cohort, age, BMI, gender and ethnicity were not significantly different between HLA-A29 positive and negative groupings, as measured via T-test. All HLA-A29 positive subjects carried the HLA-A29*02 subtype.
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