The observation that none of the other variables, including the % of DC-10 or the % of HLA-G+ DC-10, were retained in the final cumulative link mixed model while they were retained in the previous final model predicting Abneg FDRs vs. HCs indicates that Abneg FDRs share several similarities with Abpos FDRs and with T1D patients, while they differ from HCs with respect to these variables. The gene discussed is HLA-G; the disease is type 1 diabetes mellitus.