Table 2.
Concordance rate table. Uncorrected concordance rates in schizophrenia twin studies from around the world and modeling results from fits to these data. Only significant studies published before 1970 are included here so that the updates of these studies could definitively test the predictions of the model.
| Investigator | Year | Country | MZ pairs concordance | DZ pairs concordance | S inher* | P s(t,r)# | t, (r) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosanoff et al. [8] | 1934 | USA | 28/41 = 0.683 | 15/101 = 0.149 | 0.190 | 0.812 | |
| Essen-Mller[9] | 1941 | Sweden | 6/11 = 0.545 | 4/27 = 0.148 | 0.224 | 0.706 | |
| Kallmann [10] | 1946 | USA | 120/174 = 0.689 | 53/517 = 0.102 | 0.129 | 0.816 | 31.0 y, (1.94) |
| Slater [11] | 1953 | UK | 24/37 = 0.648 | 10/112 = 0.0892 | 0.116 | 0.787 | |
| Inouye [12] | 1961 | Japan | 33/55 = 0.600 | 2/17 = 0.117 | 0.163 | 0.750 | |
| Harvald and Hauge [13] | 1965 | Denmark | 4/9 = 0.444 | 6/62 = 0.0967 | 0.167 | 0.615 | |
| Gottesman and Shields [14, 15] | 1966 | UK | 10/24 = 0.416 | 3/33 = 0.0909 | 0.165 | 0.588 | 41.0 y, (1) |
| Kringlen [16] | 1966 | Norway | 19/50 = 0.380 | 13/94 = 0.138 | 0.283 | 0.551 | |
| Hoffer and Pollin [17] | 1970 | USA | 11/80 = 0.137 | 6/145 = 0.0413 | 0.197 | 0.242 | 43 y, (0.631) |
*S inher is defined as the probability that a fraternal cotwin of a schizophrenic will also inherit the susceptibility to develop schizophrenia.
# P s(t, r) is the prevalence obtained from a model simulation of twin study concordance results for a susceptible age cohort at age t.