HLA-B and pure red-cell aplasia: HLA-B*46:01:01:01 and DRB1*09:01:02:01 were found to be independent risk markers for anti-rHuEPO-induced PRCA in all models [OR (95%CI), p-values for B*46:01:01:01: 4.58 (1.55–13.51), 0.006; 4.63 (1.56–13.75), 0.006; 5.72 (1.67–19.67), 0.006; and 5.81 (1.68–20.09), 0.005; for DRB1*09:01:02:01: 3.99 (1.28–12.49), 0.017, 4.50 (1.32–15.40), 0.016, 3.42 (1.09–10.74), 0.035, and 3.75 (1.08–13.07), 0.038, in Models 1–4, respectively.