Complex Segregation Analysis Provides Evidence for Autosomal Dominant Transmission in the Chinese Han Families with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Table 3

Parameter estimated from segregation analysis in various models in nine AS families.

Parameter	Model 2	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7	Model 8	Model 9	Model 10	Model 11	Model 12	Model 13
	Sporadic	General	Homogenous	Environment	Tau AB free	Codominant	Dominant	Recessive	Additive	Decreasing
	—
	—
	—
	<0.001	—				<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

with Model 5 (general model); ^§parameters were fixed at the values indicated; Model 2 refers to sporadic model with equal family association parameters; Mendelian increasing model cannot be estimated with the parameters settled in the model.