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

Table 6. MS concordance rates in monozygotic twins of female (F) and male (M) probands*.

Monozygotic Twins of MS Probands
F M Totals
Concordant for MS (C) 22 2 24
Discordant for MS (D) 66 43 109
Totals 88 45 133
Pair-wise Concordance (22/88)  =  0.25 (2/45)  =  0.044 0.18
Proband-wise Concordance †† 0.34 0.067 0.25
Proband-wise Concordance (Adjusted) ††† t  =  0.183 s  =  0.036 b  =  0.134
P(F|MS, IG MS) (Adjusted) # 0.92
*

(F)  =  Women ; (M)  =  Men ; Data from: Reference [21]

Pair-wise rates (Z1) calculated as: Inline graphic; see Ref. [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 graphic in the study of Willer, et al. [21]

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

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Adjusted to the condition where: Inline graphic