Table 5.
Concordance rates for ADHD in MZ and DZ twins (taken from Willcutt et al., 2010)
Number of pairs | Probandwise concordance % | |||
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MZ | DZ | MZ | DZ | |
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Goodman & Stevenson (1989) | 39 | 54 | 51 | 33 |
Levy et al. (1997) | 57 | 46 | 82 | 38 |
Levy et al (2001) | 138 | 109 | 67 | 42 |
Sherman et al (1997) | 69 | 32 | 58 | 31 |
Thapar et al. (2001) | 175* | 410* | 79 | 54 |
Todd et al. (2001) | 72 | 135 | 68 | 22 |
Willcutt et al. (2000) | 88 | 82 | 78 | 38 |
Willcutt et al. (2007) | 83 | 78 | 68 | 24 |
Weighted average | 71 | 41 |
specific Ns were not provided, so Ns are estimated based on the total sample and the 80th percentile threshold were used to define ADHD probands.