Table 2.
A log linear model analysis testing for the relationship between mtDNA genetic background (haplogroup J1 versus all other haplogroups in the aggregate), T2DM status of the parents (I), T2DM status of the siblings (S) and population-of-origin (P).
| Model No. | Model | G2 | Degrees of Freedom | Akaike Information Criterion (AIC)* | ΔAIC |
| 1 | J1 × I × S × P | 72.7317 | 34 | 4.7317 | 43.0524 |
| 2 | J1 × I × S; J1 × I × P; J1 × S × P; I × S × P | 35.8467 | 23 | -10.1533 | 28.1674 |
| 3 | J1 × I × S; J1 × I × P; J1 × S × P | 44.1794 | 29 | -13.8206 | 24.5001 |
| 4 | J1 × I × S; J1 × S × P | 60.9351 | 35 | -9.0649 | 29.2558 |
| 5 | J1 × S × P | 86.7039 | 38 | 10.7039 | 49.0246 |
| 6 | J1 × S × P; J1 × I; S × I | 44.1896 | 32 | -19.8104 | 18.5103 |
| 7 | J1 × I × S; S × P | 47.2893 | 35 | -22.7107 | 15.61 |
| 8 | J1 × I × P; I × S; S × P | 26.3029 | 29 | -31.6971 | 6.6236 |
| 9 | I × S × P; J1 × I | 88.7164 | 31 | 26.7164 | 65.0371 |
| 10 | J1 × I; J1 × S; J1 × P; I × S; I × P; S × P | 21.1262 | 23 | -24.8738 | 13.4469 |
| 11 | J1 × I; J1 × P; I × S; S × P | 21.6793 | 30 | -38.3207 | 0 |
| 12 | J1 × I; S × P; I × S | 29.6666 | 32 | -34.3334 | 3.9873 |