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. 1999 Jul 17;319(7203):151–154. doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7203.151

Table 1.

 Prevalence (95% confidence interval ) of type 2 diabetes and glucose tolerance among 250 monozygotic and 356 dizygotic twins

Twins Type 2 diabetes Impaired glucose tolerance Normal glucose tolerance
Monozygotic 14.4 (10.1 to 18.7) 18.8 (13.8 to 23.7) 66.6 (60.7 to 72.5)
Dizygotic 12.1 (8.8 to 15.4) 23.0 (18.7 to 27.3) 64.9 (60.0 to 69.8)
Total 13.1 (10.4 to 15.8) 21.3 (18.0 to 24.6) 65.7 (62.0 to 69.4)