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. 2012 Dec 18;7(12):e47875. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047875

Table 5. MS concordance rates in monozygotic twins of DRB1*1501 carrier (HLA+) and DRB1*1501 non-carrier (HLA–) probands*.

Monozygotic Twins of MS Probands
HLA+ HLA– Totals
Concordant for MS (C) 9 11 20
Discordant for MS (D) 31 42 73
Totals 40 53 93
Pair-wise Concordance (9/40)  =  0.225 (11/53)  =  0.207 0.215
Proband-wise Concordance †† 0.309 0.287 0.297
Proband-wise Concordance (Adjusted) ††† t  =  0.166 s  =  0.154 b  =  0.160
Proband-wise Concordance (Adjusted) †††† t  =  0.139 s  =  0.129 b  =  0.134
P(HLA+|MS, IG MS) (Adjusted) # 0.57
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(HLA+)  =  carrier of ≥1 copy of the DRB1*1501 allele; Data from: Reference [21].

Pair-wise rates (Z1) calculated as: Inline graphic; see Reference [30]

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Proband-wise concordance rates (Z2) calculated as: Inline graphic; adjusted [30] for the overall probability of doubly ascertaining concordant twin-pairs Inline graphicin the study of Willer, et al. [21]

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For adjustment: See: Prop. (1.4a) Inline graphic (1.4b) of Appendix S1 (Section C)

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Further adjusted to the requirement that: b  =  0.134

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Adjusted to the condition where: Inline graphic