Disputed paternity testing
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USA | After birth | 200 | 29.0 (22.7 to 35.3) | Blood and other markers | | Marsters, 195762 |
Sweden | After birth | 3913 | 26.1 (24.7 to 27.5) | Blood and other markers | | Valentin, 198063 |
USA | After birth | 2500 | 25.5 (23.8 to 27.2) | Blood and other markers | | Houtz et al, 198264 |
USA | After birth | 1393 | 25.8 (23.5 to 28.1) | Blood and other markers | | Mickey et al, 198665 |
Finland | After birth | 26 | 34.6 (15.0 to 54.2) | DNA testing | | Helminen et al, 198866 |
South Africa | After birth | 2124 | 38.2 (36.1 to 40.3) | Blood and other markers | | Du Toit et al, 198932 |
Mostly UK | After birth | 1702 | 16.6 (14.9 to 18.4) | DNA testing | | Jeffreys et al, 199167 |
Finland | After birth | 35 | 15.2 (2.1 to 26.5) | DNA testing | suspected non-paternity (+) | Helminen et al, 199268 |
Germany | After birth | 256 | 16.8 (12.2 to 21.4) | DNA testing | | Krawczak et al, 199369 |
USA | Prenatal | 37 | 53.0 (37.2 to 70.9) | DNA testing | | Strom et al, 199670 |
USA | After birth | 753 | 37.0 (33.6 to 40.5) | DNA testing | | Strom et al, 199670 |
Russia | After birth | 21 | 14.0 (0 to 30.6) | DNA testing | | Molyaka et al, 199771 |
UK | After birth | 16122 | 13.0 (12.5 to 13.5) | DNA testing | | Boardman F, 199872 |
Portugal | After birth | 83 | 27.7 (17.9 to 37.5) | DNA testing | | Geada et al, 200073 |
Portugal | After birth | 790 | 29.8 (26.6 to 32.9) | DNA testing | | Geada et al, 200073 |
USA and European | After birth | 310490 | 29.1 (28.9 to 29.3) | Mixed methods | | American Association of Blood Banks, 200248 |
Other testing
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UK | Southern English families | 2578 | 3.7 (3.0 to 4.4) | Blood and other markers | not known | Edwards, 195774 |
USA | Undisputed paternity tests | 67 | 18.0 (8.5 to 27.3) | Blood and other markers | not known | Sussman and Schatkin, 195775 |
USA | Michigan white sample | 1417 | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.0) | Blood and other markers | not known | Schacht and Gershowitz, 196376 |
USA | Michigan black sample | 523 | 10.1 (7.5 to 12.7) | Blood and other markers | not known | Schacht and Gershowitz, 196376 |
USA | Californian white sample | 6960 | 2.7 (2.3 to 3.1) | Blood and other markers | not known | Peritz and Rust, 197277 |
UK | Southern English families | 200 | 30.0 (23.6 to 36.4) | Blood and other markers | poor test sensitivity (−) | Philipp, 197378 |
South America | Yanomama tribe | 132 | 9.0 (4.1 to 14.1) | Blood and other markers | not known | Neel and Weiss, 197579 |
USA | Hawaiian families | 2839 | 2.3 (1.7 to 2.8) | Blood and other markers | non-participation in sample (−) | Ashton, 198080 |
France | Screening and paternity tests | 300 | 7.0 (4.1 to 9.9) | Blood and other markers | some suspected non-paternity (+) | Salmon et al, 198081 |
New Zealand | Tokelau families | 1983 | 4.0 (3.1 to 4.9) | Blood and other markers | not known | Lathrop et al, 198382 |
Mexico | Families with new borns | 217 | 2.9 (0.6 to 5.0) | Blood and other markers | not known | Peñaloza, 198683 |
UK | Cystic fibrosis screening | 521 | 1.4 (0.4 to 2.3) | DNA testing | non-participation in sample (−) | Brock and Shrimpton, 199115 |
France | Genetic screening (various) | 362 | 2.8 (1.1 to 4.5) | DNA testing | non-participation in sample (−) | Le Roux et al, 199284 |
Canada | Haemophilia B screening | 25 | 4.0 (0 to 12.3) | DNA testing | non-participation in sample (−) | Poon et al, 199385 |
Switzerland | Cystic fibrosis/bone marrow screening | 1607 | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.3) | Mixed methods | non-participation in sample (−) | Sasse et al, 199486 |
Mexico | Nuevo Leon new borns | 396 | 11.8 (8.7 to 15.1) | Blood and other markers | not known | Cerda-Flores et al, 199914 |
UK | Multiple sclerosis screening | 744 | 1.6 (0.7 to 2.5) | DNA testing | non-participation in sample (−) | Chataway et al, 199987 |
Behavioural estimates¶
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UK | Magazine readers | 2708 | 6.9 to 13.8 | Behaviour based estimate | sample composition (+) | Bellis and Baker 199088 |
USA | College undergraduates | 285 | 13.0 to 20.0 | Behaviour based estimate | not known | Gaulin et al, 199789 |