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. 2024 Jan 3;9:1. doi: 10.1038/s41525-023-00385-6

Table 2.

Number and diagnostic yield (in parentheses) of pediatric and prenatal cases by genetic ancestry bins, stratified by mode of inheritance, and Cochran-Armitage (C-A) test Z-statistics for trend tests of positive versus negative and inconclusive versus negative cases.

Number of Cases & (%) in Each Bin
Ancestry Case definition Mode of inheritance N 0–12.5% 12.5–37.5% 37.5–62.5% 62.5–87.5% 87.5–100% C-A test Z-statistic
Pediatric cases
African Positive Autosomal dominant 99

87

(0.18)

5

(0.25)

2

(0.2)

4

(0.22)

1

(0.17)

0.23
Autosomal recessive 25

22

(0.05)

2

(0.1)

1

(0.1)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.46
X-linked 17 17 (0.04)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−1.23
All 141

126

(0.27)

7

(0.35)

3

(0.3)

4

(0.22)

1

(0.17)

−0.34
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 30

25

(0.05)

3

(0.15)

2

(0.2)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0.01
Autosomal recessive 32

30

(0.06)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.06)

1

(0.17)

−0.09
X-linked 11

10

(0.02)

0

(0)

1

(0.1)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.21
All 73

65

(0.14)

3

(0.15)

3

(0.3)

1

(0.06)

1

(0.17)

−0.13
Negative Negative 315

284

(0.6)

10

(0.5)

4

(0.4)

13

(0.72)

4

(0.67)

Total 529 475 20 10 18 6
Native American Positive Autosomal dominant 99

42

0.18)

15

(0.22)

29

(0.19)

8

(0.15)

5

(0.23)

−0.17
Autosomal recessive 25

15

(0.06)

2

(0.03)

7

(0.05)

0

(0)

1

(0.05)

−1.59
X-linked 17

7

(0.03)

1

(0.01)

8

(0.05)

1

(0.02)

0

(0)

−0.10
All 141

64

(0.27)

18

(0.27)

44

(0.29)

9

(0.17)

6

(0.27)

−0.75
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 30

16

(0.07)

4

(0.06)

6

(0.04)

4

(0.08)

0

(0)

−1.16
Autosomal recessive 32

16

(0.07)

2

(0.03)

10

(0.07)

2

(0.04)

2

(0.09)

−0.35
X-linked 11

5

(0.02)

0

(0)

5

(0.03)

1

(0.02)

0

(0)

−0.06
All 73

37

(0.16)

6

(0.09)

21

(0.14)

7

(0.13)

2

(0.09)

−0.95
Negative Negative 315

136

(0.57)

43

(0.64)

85

(0.57)

37

(0.7)

14

(0.64)

Total 529 237 67 150 53 22
East Asian Positive Autosomal dominant 99

89

(0.19)

3

(0.23)

6

(0.55)

0

(0)

1

(0.04)

−0.97
Autosomal recessive 25

22

(0.05)

1

(0.08)

0

(0)

0

(0)

2

(0.08)

0.34
X-linked 17

14

(0.03)

1

(0.08)

0

(0)

0

(0)

2

(0.08)

0.97
All 141

125

(0.26)

5

(0.38)

6

(0.55)

0

(0)

5

(0.21)

−0.32
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 30

28

(0.06)

0

(0)

1

(0.09)

0

(0)

1

(0.04)

−0.51
Autosomal recessive 32

30

(0.06)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

2

(0.08)

−0.24
X-linked 11

11

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−1.01
All 73

69

(0.14)

0

(0)

1

(0.09)

0

(0)

3

(0.13)

−0.83
Negative Negative 315

283

(0.59)

8

(0.62)

4

(0.36)

4

(1)

16

(0.67)

Total 529 477 13 11 4 24
European Positive Autosomal dominant 99

11

(0.11)

39

(0.2)

24

(0.24)

8

(0.17)

17

(0.2)

0.86
Autosomal recessive 25

7

(0.07)

10

(0.05)

3

(0.03)

0

(0)

5

(0.06)

−0.87
X-linked 17

2

(0.02)

9

(0.05)

0

(0)

2

(0.04)

4

(0.05)

0.44
All 141

20

(0.21)

58

(0.29)

27

(0.27)

10

(0.22)

26

(0.3)

0.49
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 30

5

(0.05)

9

(0.05)

6

(0.06)

5

(0.11)

5

(0.06)

0.74
Autosomal recessive 32

12

(0.12)

15

(0.08)

1

(0.01)

2

(0.04)

2

(0.02)

−2.91
X-linked 11

2

(0.02)

3

(0.02)

2

(0.02)

1

(0.02)

3

(0.03)

0.79
All 73

19

(0.2)

27

(0.14)

9

(0.09)

8

(0.17)

10

(0.11)

−1.08
Negative Negative 315

58

(0.6)

115

(0.58)

63

(0.64)

28

(0.61)

51

(0.59)

Total 529 97 200 99 46 87
Middle Eastern Positive Autosomal dominant 99

77

(0.19)

22

(0.19)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.55
Autosomal recessive 25

19

(0.05)

5

(0.04)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.11)

0.92
X-linked 17

12

(0.03)

5

(0.04)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0.31
All 141

108

(0.27)

32

(0.28)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.11)

0.03
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 30

21

(0.05)

5

(0.04)

1

(0.5)

1

(0.33)

2

(0.22)

2.97
Autosomal recessive 32

20

(0.05)

8

(0.07)

0

(0)

0

(0)

4

(0.44)

4.11*
X-linked 11

8

(0.02)

2

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.11)

1.70
All 73

49

(0.12)

15

(0.13)

1

(0.5)

1

(0.33)

7

(0.78)

4.29*
Negative Negative 315

243

(0.61)

68

(0.59)

1

(0.5)

2

(0.67)

1

(0.11)

Total 529 400 115 2 3 9
South Asian Positive Autosomal dominant 99

92

(0.19)

1

(0.5)

0

(0)

3

(0.19)

3

(0.23)

0.43
Autosomal recessive 25

20

(0.04)

0

(0)

2

(0.4)

1

(0.06)

2

(0.15)

2.47
X-linked 17

17

(0.03)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−1.00
All 141

129

(0.26)

1

(0.5)

2

(0.4)

4

(0.25)

5

(0.38)

0.96
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 30

30

(0.06)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−1.33
Autosomal recessive 32

27

(0.05)

0

(0)

0

(0)

3

(0.19)

2

(0.15)

2.28
X-linked 11

11

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.81
All 73

68

(0.14)

0

(0)

0

(0)

3

(0.19)

2

(0.15)

0.48
Negative Negative 315

296

(0.6)

1

(0.5)

3

(0.6)

9

(0.56)

6

(0.46)

Total 529 493 2 5 16 13
Prenatal cases
African Positive Autosomal dominant 39

38

(0.13)

1

(0.07)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−1.46
Autosomal recessive 15

15

(0.05)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−1.05
X-linked 6

6

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.67
All 60

59

(0.2)

1

(0.07)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−1.90
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 11

7

(0.02)

4

(0.29)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0.86
Autosomal recessive 6

6

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.67
X-linked 2

2

(0.01)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.39
All 19

15

(0.05)

4

(0.29)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0.16
Negative Negative 237

216

(0.74)

9

(0.64)

4

(1)

5

(1)

3

(1)

Total 316 290 14 4 5 3
Native American Positive Autosomal dominant 39

27

(0.11)

6

(0.17)

5

(0.16)

1

(0.1)

0

(0)

0.56
Autosomal recessive 15

12

(0.05)

1

(0.03)

2

(0.06)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.36
X-linked 6

5

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.1)

0

(0)

0.27
All 60

44

(0.18)

7

(0.19)

7

(0.23)

2

(0.2)

0

(0)

0.35
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 11

8

(0.03)

1

(0.03)

2

(0.06)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0.18
Autosomal recessive 6

5

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.1)

0

(0)

0.27
X-linked 2

2

(0.01)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.71
All 19

15

(0.06)

1

(0.03)

2

(0.06)

1

(0.1)

0

(0)

0.06
Negative Negative 237

179

(0.75)

28

(0.78)

22

(0.71)

7

(0.7)

1

(1)

Total 316 238 36 31 10 1
East Asian Positive Autosomal dominant 39

32

(0.12)

1

(0.2)

3

(0.19)

0

(0)

3

(0.11)

0.13
Autosomal recessive 15

13

(0.05)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

2

(0.07)

0.23
X-linked 6

5

(0.02)

0

(0)

1

(0.06)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.26
All 60

50

(0.19)

1

(0.2)

4

(0.25)

0

(0)

5

(0.18)

0.14
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 11

7

(0.03)

1

(0.2)

1

(0.06)

1

(0.33)

1

(0.04)

1.22
Autosomal recessive 6

5

(0.02)

0

(0)

1

(0.06)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.26
X-linked 2

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

2

(0.07)

4.09*
All 19

12

(0.05)

1

(0.2)

2

(0.13)

1

(0.33)

3

(0.11)

2.04
Negative Negative 237

202

(0.77)

3

(0.6)

10

(0.63)

2

(0.67)

20

(0.71)

Total 316 264 5 16 3 28
European Positive Autosomal dominant 39

6

(0.1)

5

(0.1)

6

(0.14)

8

(0.12)

14

(0.15)

0.75
Autosomal recessive 15

5

(0.09)

2

(0.04)

0

0)

3

(0.04)

5

(0.05)

−0.58
X-linked 6

1

(0.02)

0

(0)

1

(0.02)

1

(0.01)

3

(0.03)

0.88
All 60

12

(0.21)

7

(0.13)

7

(0.16)

12

(0.18)

22

(0.23)

0.56
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 11

2

(0.03)

3

(0.06)

3

(0.07)

2

(0.03)

1

(0.01)

−1.26
Autosomal recessive 6

1

(0.02)

2

(0.04)

1

(0.02)

0

(0)

2

(0.02)

−0.48
X-linked 2

2

(0.03)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−2.18
All 19

5

(0.09)

5

(0.1)

4

(0.09)

2

(0.03)

3

(0.03)

−1.89
Negative Negative 237

41

(0.71)

40

(0.77)

33

(0.75)

54

(0.79)

69

(0.73)

Total 316 58 52 44 68 94
Middle Eastern Positive Autosomal dominant 39

29

(0.12)

9

(0.15)

1

(0.2)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0.12
Autosomal recessive 15

11

(0.04)

3

(0.05)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.25)

1.20
X-linked 6

5

(0.02)

1

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.44
All 60

45

(0.18)

13

(0.21)

1

(0.2)

0

(0)

1

(0.25)

0.54
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 11

10

(0.04)

1

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−1.02
Autosomal recessive 6

5

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.25)

1.55
X-linked 2

2

(0.01)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.66
All 19

17

(0.07)

1

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.25)

−0.05
Negative Negative 237

183

(0.75)

48

(0.77)

4

(0.8)

0

(0)

2

(0.5)

Total 316 245 62 5

0

(0)

4
South Asian Positive Autosomal dominant 39

36

(0.12)

0

(0)

2

(0.4)

0

(0)

1

(0.06)

−0.32
Autosomal recessive 15

13

(0.04)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

2

(0.11)

1.05
X-linked 6

6

(0.02)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.66
All 60

55

(0.19)

0

(0)

2

(0.4)

0

(0)

3

(0.17)

0.07
Inconclusive Autosomal dominant 11

10

(0.03)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.06)

0.36
Autosomal recessive 6

5

(0.02)

0

(0)

1

(0.2)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0.19
X-linked 2

2

(0.01)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

−0.38
All 19

17

(0.06)

0

(0)

1

(0.2)

0

(0)

1

(0.06)

0.26
Negative Negative 237

220

(0.75)

1

(1)

2

(0.4)

0

(0)

14

(0.78)

Total 316 292 1 5

0

(0)

18

*Indicates a C-A test Z-statistic with P value < 0.0007.

Note: Values in bold indicate the combined Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, and X-linked cases.