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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;76(2):539–551. doi: 10.3233/JAD-191192

Table 1.

Sample sizes of concordant pairs, discordant pairs, and singletons by zygosity for each dementia phenotype

All Dementia MZ Male DZ Male MZ Female DZ Female DZ Opposite-Sex
42 50 119 179 100
80 147 115 270 306
163 305 262 591 446
354 775 437 848 1194
AD Only MZ Male DZ Male MZ Female DZ Female DZ Opposite-Sex
17 22 59 74 32
35 76 62 155 160
120 187 213 458 304
399 846 490 963 1340
Non-AD Dementia MZ Male DZ Male MZ Female DZ Female DZ Opposite-Sex
7 11 10 26 18
40 71 53 115 146
79 152 149 291 242
389 851 499 1003 1354
Pairs w/No Dementia Diagnosis 302 461 430 620 871
Totals MZ Male DZ Male MZ Female DZ Female DZ Opposite-Sex
Any Dementia 941 1738 1363 2508 2917
AD Only 873 1592 1254 2270 2707
Non-AD Dementia 822 1546 1141 2055 2631

Note. Concordant pairs are pairs where both twins are cases (i.e., diagnosed with dementia; discordant pairs are pairs where one twin is a case and the co-twin is a control; Singletons (case and control) comprise information on one twin where the co-twin is missing.