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. 2022 Sep 7;42(10):1235–1241. doi: 10.1002/pd.6218

TABLE 2.

Relationship between SNP‐cfDNA zygosity and chorionicity assignment

Chorionicity recorded by provider Results of SNP‐cfDNA
Monozygotic (MZ) Dizygotic (DZ)
Total cohort 55,344 (100.0%) 16,673 (30.1%) 38,671 (69.9%)
MC 6283 (11.4%) 5965 (94.9%) 318 (5.1%)
DC 28,388 (51.3%) 3927 (13.8%) 24,461 (86.2%)
Listed as “Don't know” 10,565 (19.1%) 3817 (36.1%)* 6748 (63.9%)
Left Blank 10,108 (18.3%) 2964 (29.3%) 7144 (70.7%)

Note: *p < 0.001 Percent of MZ cases compared with cases where chorionicity was specified as MC or DC.