Table 2

Multivariate logistic maximum likelihood estimates of segregation models for inheritance of non-syndromic hereditary hearing impairment

Multifactorial onlyMultifactorial+commingledMultifactorial+MendelianMultifactorial+free τ’sMultifactorial+dominantMultifactorial+recessive
Test H01: no major gene effect, χ2 = 4.57, df = 3, p = 0.116
Test H02: no transmission of major gene effect, χ2 = 10.63, df = 3, p = 0.014
Test H03: Mendelian transmission, χ2 = 16.26, df = 3, p = 0.001
Test H04: Mendelian transmission and dominant inheritance, χ2 = 3.83, df = 1, p = 0.050
Test H05: Mendelian transmission and recessive inheritance, χ2 = 4.98, df = 1, p = 0.026
*This parameter estimator did not converge well, but the hypotheses can still be tested by comparing the models.
q A (1.0)1.01.00.851.01.0
τ AA ......(1.0)1.0(1.0)(1.0)
τ AB ......(0.5)0.0(0.5)(0.5)
τ BB ......(0.0)0.0(0.0)(0.0)
Susc AA −1.64−1.75−1.62*−1.65−1.67
Susc AB ...−1.75−1.53−1.61−1.65−1.67
Susc BB ...−1.75−1.35−1.61−1.60−1.67
ρresid7.377.936.127.217.157.49
-2LnL83.4182.3587.9871.7284.1583.00
Akaike’s AIC87.4190.3595.9883.7290.1591.00