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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 18.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Neurol. 2013 Oct;70(10):1261–1267. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.3545

Table.

Global Burden Analyses of ROHs

Entire Data Set
AD Cases
(n = 547)
Controls
(n = 542)
P Value
No. of ROHs 8225 8912
Rate, ROHs per person 15.04 16.44 .99
Total distance spanned by ROHs per person, kb 36 200 34 300 .23
Mean ROH size per person, kb 2133 1934 .0039
Familial AD Subgroup
AD Cases
(n = 267)
Controls
(n = 542)
P Value
No. of ROHs 4041 8912
Rate, ROHs per person 15.13 16.44 .94
Total distance spanned by ROHs per person, kb 39 600 34 300 .05
Mean ROH size per person, kb 2260 1934 .0005
African Hispanic Subgroup
AD Cases
(n = 207)
Controls
(n = 192)
P Value
No. of ROHs 1858 1700
Rate, ROHs per person 8.98 8.85 .39
Total distance spanned by ROHs per person, kb 21 180 17 640 .07
Mean ROH size per person, kb 2014 1875 .12
European Hispanic Subgroup
AD Cases
(n = 329)
Controls
(n = 326)
P Value
No. of ROHs 5949 5966
Rate, ROHs per person 18.08 18.30 .65
Total distance spanned by ROHs per person, kb 44 550 40 190 .11
Mean ROH size per person, kb 2221 1994 .013

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer disease; kb, kilobase; ROHs, runs of homozygosity.