Table 1. The 9971 siblings according to their own disease status and by disease status of the adoptee (1440 diseased adoptees and 1139 not diseased adoptees).

Siblings		Diseased1	Not diseased	Median age (range)2
Full siblings	Diseased adoptee	224	465
	Not diseased adoptee	148	370	37	(10–70)
Paternal half siblings	Diseased adoptee	605	1507
	Not diseased adoptee	429	1174	32	(0–70)
s Maternal half siblings	Diseased adoptee	590	1434
	Not diseased adoptee	489	1221	32	(7–70)
Adoptive siblings	Diseased adoptee	212	569
	Not diseased adoptee	132	402	35	(10–70)
In total		2829	7142

¹The diseased are hospitalized with infection or with infection as a cause of death.

²Age at baseline in 1977.