Schizophrenia Is Reported to Have a Heritability Estimate as High

question 7

Multiple Choice

Schizophrenia is reported to have a heritability estimate as high as 80%. What does this mean?

• A)If a parent has schizophrenia, each child has an 80% risk of getting schizophrenia.
• B)If we look at a population, 80% of the risk for schizophrenia comes from genetics.
• C)If your patient's sibling has schizophrenia, her risk of getting schizophrenia is 80%.
• D)Genetics contributes 20% to the risk of schizophrenia.

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