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Table 4 Tests of linkage through fathers (), mothers (), and a test of imprinting () in affected sibs, affected sisters and affected brothers.

From: A simple nonparametric multipoint procedure to test for linkage through mothers or fathers as well as imprinting effects in the presence of linkage

Testing parent-of-origin effects in the COGA dataset

Pair type (number of sibships)

Chr

cM

p

p

p

Affected sibs (105)

11

127.814

3.17

0.00076

0.78

0.22

1.69

0.092

Affected sisters (35)

21

26.27

2.10

0.18

3.21

0.00067

-0.78

0.44

Affected brothers (81)

6

160.33

3.36

0.00038

0.024

0.49

2.36

0.018

  1. Results are reported if one test has p<0.001.