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Table 3.

Risk of Developing Schizophrenia If Blood Relative Is Ill

Relationship to relative Rate, %
Monozygotic (identical) twin 48
Child of parent 14
Sibling 10
Parent 5

Source: Gottesman II, Shields J. Schizophrenia: The Epigenetic Puzzle. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK; 1982.