Figure 2.

Under the polygenic multiplicative model, for a disease with average lifetime risk of 5%, the distribution of lifetime risk for: (a) the population; and for people at increased familial risk profile by on average (b) 2-fold; (c) 4-fold; and (c) 8-fold.

Hopper Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2011 8:2   doi:10.1186/1742-5573-8-2
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