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Relationships of HLA-B51 or B5 genotype with Behçet's disease clinical characteristics: systematic review and meta-analyses of observational studies

2012; Oxford University Press; Volume: 51; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/rheumatology/ker428

1462-0332

Carla Maldini, Michael P. LaValley, Morgane Cheminant, Mathilde de Menthon, Alfred Mahr,

Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis

Objective. To investigate comprehensively the relationships between Behçet's disease (BD) clinical features and HLA-B51 or HLA-B5 (HLA-B51/B5) status using meta-analyses. Methods. Relevant publications were identified by a systematic literature search. Eligible studies had to provide frequencies for one or more BD characteristics according to HLA-B51/B5 status. Pooled relative risks (RRs) were calculated by random-effects meta-analysis for those BD characteristics for which five or more relevant studies were identified. Between-study variability was assessed with I2 and Q-statistics, and modelled using meta-regression. Results. Among the 859 publications evaluated, 72 (representing 74 study populations) met eligibility criteria. Pooled RRs (95% CIs) of the association of HLA-B51/B5 with the 14 analysed clinical characteristics were male sex 1.14 (1.05, 1.23); eye involvement 1.13 (1.06, 1.21); genital ulcers 1.07 (1.01, 1.14); skin involvement 1.10 (1.03, 1.16); erythema nodosum 1.11 (0.96, 1.29); pseudofolliculitis 1.07 (0.93, 1.23); positive pathergy test 1.05 (0.94, 1.17); joint involvement 0.94 (0.86, 1.04); neurological involvement 0.95 (0.71, 1.27); gastrointestinal involvement 0.70 (0.52, 0.94); thrombophlebitis 1.17 (0.77, 1.76); vascular involvement 1.00 (0.68, 1.47); chest involvement 1.55 (0.75, 3.20) and orchiepididymitis 1.13 (0.59, 2.15). For most of the analysed outcomes, between-study heterogeneity was low or absent and most of the meta-regression models were statistically non-significant. Conclusion. The results of these meta-analyses showed that, in BD, HLA-B51/B5 carriage predominates in males and is associated with moderately higher prevalences of genital ulcers, ocular and skin manifestations, and a decreased prevalence of gastrointestinal involvement.