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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Stat Assoc. 2010 Jun 1;105(490):552–563. doi: 10.1198/jasa.2010.ap09258

Table 7.

Distribution of exact LRs by ethnicity when parent-child or full-sibling are the most likely relationship, ∊ = 2%, FST = 1%.

Parent-Child most likely
Ethnicity Min Q1 Med Mean Q3 Max
non-Hispanic white 2.22 2610 10600 92400 55600 2760000
non-Hispanic black 1.49 4810 17800 293000 88100 29000000
Mexican American 1.52 2140 13300 130000 64800 6610000
Full-sibling most likely
Ethnicity Min Q1 Med Mean Q3 Max
non-Hispanic white 4.30 1050 14900 1.35e+11 175000 9.19e+12
non-Hispanic black 7.06 599 17500 2.63e+11 617000 2.77e+13
Mexican American 2.21 278 6730 4.83e+08 151000 1.09e+11