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Table 3 Percent Hp frequencies in plasma by Western blot in 77 children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and 37 healthy children

From: Haptoglobin in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

 

Heterozygote

α1 Homozygote

α2 Homozygote

JIA (77)

67.5

3.9

28.6

Healthy (37)a

64.9

0

35.1

  1. Hp: allele of haptoglobin; a5 of the 42 subjects were ambiguous Hp2-2 or Hp1-2 due to low total Hp concentrations. These subjects could only be classified as likely Hp2 positives due to presence of Hp2 band at threshold of detection