Concordance (%)
Trait Monozygotic Dizygotic
1. Heart attack (males) 39 26
2. heart attack (females) 44 14
3. Bronchial asthma 47 24
4. Cancer (all sites) 12 15
5. Epilepsy 59 19
6. Death from acute infection      7.9      8.8
7. rheumatoid arthritis 32 6
8. Multiple sclerosis 28 5
Table 6.2: Concordance of monozygotic and dizygotic twins for several traits