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. 2007 Aug 8;81(4):808–812. doi: 10.1086/520096

Table 2. .

Parameter Estimates Generated by WinBUGS Analysis

Parametera Mean 2.5% CI 97.5% CI
Greek Poisson rate 1.08 .98 1.18
U.K. Poisson rate 1.32 1.21 1.44
Transmission probabilityb .47 .43 .53
z0 .22 .17 .27
z1 .50 .44 .57
z2 .27 .22 .32
a

The terms z0, z1, and z2 represent the probabilities that a pair of affected siblings share 0, 1, or 2 alleles IBD.

b

Probability of transmission of the heavy allele to affected offspring by heterozygote.