Table 4. Segregation analysis of oesophageal cancer in the Taihang general population with type influences age of onset and sex-dependence.

Parametera	Dominant	Recessive	Codominant	Descending	Polygenic	No major type	Environmental	General
qA	0.355	0.644	0.481	0.352	0.486	-	0.486	0.859
τAA	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	-	-	0.486	0.49
τAB	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	-	-	0.486	0.48
τBB	0	0	0	0	-	-	0.486	0
βAAM	−12.729	−12.729	−13.194	−12.729	−14.827	−10.770	−14.827	−12.980
βABM	−12.729	−15.785	−17.472	−15.785	−18.463	−10.770	−18.463	−16.017
βBBM	−15.785	−15.785	−14.774	−15.785	−22.293	−10.770	−22.294	−22.071
βAAF	−13.540	−13.540	−14.109	−13.540	−15.822	−11.424	−15.822	−13.565
βABF	−13.540	−16.596	−18.387	−16.596	−19.458	−11.424	−19.458	−16.602
βBBF	−16.596	−16.596	−15.689	−16.596	−23.288	−11.424	−23.289	−22.656
α	0.210	0.21	0.224	0.21	0.259	0.155	0.259	0.219
γ	0b	0 b	0.100	0 b	0.216	0.018	0.216	0.859
χ2	364.85	364.88	349.79	364.82	340.02	405.04	340.02
df	3	3	2	2	3	5	2
P value	9.07E-79	8.94E-79	1.11E-76	6.03E-80	2.16E-73	2.43E-85	1.46E-74
-2lnL	7907.39	7907.42	7892.33	7907.36	7882.56	7947.58	7882.56	7542.54
AIC	7921.39	7921.42	7908.33	7923.36	7896.56	7957.58	7898.56	7562.54

-: Parameter at this value is not estimated.

a: See Materials and Methods for definitions of the parameters.

b: Parameter estimate went to bound.