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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mech Ageing Dev. 2012 Jul 31;133(9-10):581–590. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2012.07.005

Table 1.

Pairwise relationships among phenotyped individuals

Relationship N pairs Median Δage, y Range of Δage, y Degree %Shared
household
Monozygotic twins 3 0.00 0.00 0 100.00
Parent-child 1,007 25.79 11.25–56.61 1 46.28
Full sibs 1,144 5.56 0.00–24.77 1 15.47
Grandparent-grandchild 341 49.73 31.50–77.31 2 10.85
Avuncular 2,275 22.48 0.07–58.19 2 2.42
Half sibs 168 10.00 0.08–39.85 2 11.31
Double 1st cousins 11 2.68 0.06–8.69 2 0.00
1st cousins & half-1st cousins 2 2.54 1.27–3.82 2.415 0.00
Greatgrand-parent-greatgrandchild 16 62.88 50.99–68.26 3 0.19
Grandavuncular 646 41.38 18.96–75.13 3 0.46
Half-avuncular 379 17.80 0.18–59.79 3 0.79
1st cousins 2,467 7.04 0.00–39.16 3 0.85
Double 1st cousins, once removed 55 23.13 9.44–37.11 3 0.00
Half-1st cousins & 2nd cousins 6 3.96 0.05–7.87 3.415 0.00
Great-grandavuncular 28 61.61 51.37–75.73 4 0.00
Half-grandavuncular 18 14.46 4.92–46.00 4 0.00
1st cousins, once removed 2,299 16.60 0.01–55.49 4 0.04
Half-1st cousins 379 7.06 0.10–34.10 4 0.00
Double 2nd cousins 45 4.69 0.03–14.30 4 0.00
5th -degree relatives 1,107 9.23 0.01–60.44 5 0.00
6th -degree relatives 240 10.54 0.01–29.50 6 0.00
TOTAL 12,548 15.45 0.00–77.31 -- 6.26

Counts of pairwise relationships among the 1,240 phenotyped subjects and distribution of their absolute differences in age (Δage). Degree of relationship may be non-integral for individuals related via multiple loops. Household sharing is based on domicile at time of recruitment.