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. 2011 Jun 8;6(6):e20328. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020328

Table 6. Estimation of DZ twinning rate (DZr), MZ twinning rate (MZr) and the absolute number of DZ and MZ twin pairs in LSP and CG-LSP.

LSP CG-LSP
1927–1958 1959–2008 1927–1958 1959–2008
SS OS SS OS SS OS SS OS
4 7 9 23 16 7 14 51
Total births Unknown 469 Unknown 5793
DZr * 3.8380% 0.4833%
Var(DZr) * 0.0161% 0.0002%
MZr * 2.9851% 0.6387%
Var(MZr) * 0.0144% 0.0002%

SS, same sex twin pairs; OS, opposite sex twin pairs.

*estimated using data from 1959–2008 only.