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Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2012 Jan 9;55(3):739–753. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0014)

Table 5.

Univariate MZ and DZ twin correlations and estimates of a2, c2, and e2 for HV3, with nested AE and CE model comparisons.

Variable/statistic TCICU MLU NDW NTW TNC
MZ
r .67 .37 .25 .25 .41
 95% CI [.54, .76] [.17, .54] [.00, .47] [.00, .48] [.17, .61]
n pairs 98 87 56 56 56
DZ
r .54 .22 .20 .25 .35
 95% CI [.40, .64] [.02, .41] [.00, .41] [.02, .47] [.12, .54]
n pairs 130 96 63 63 63
ACE model parameter estimates
a2 .53 .28 .24 .05 .08
  95% CI [.28, .79] [.00, .52] [.00, .50] [.00, .47] [.00, .53]
c2 .23 .09 .06 .21 .30
  95% CI [.00, .44] [.00, .40] [.00, .36] [.00, .39] [.00, .48]
e2 .24 .64 .71 .74 .63
  95% CI [.18, .33] [.48, .82] [.50, .95] [.53, .92] [.46, .79]
AE model vs. ACE model
 Fit statistics
  AIC (ACE) 297.23 324.74 270.94 268.87 257.84
  BIC (ACE) −695.95 −506.07 −384.94 −385.97 −391.49
  AIC (AE) 298.74 322.90 268.99 267.66 257.50
  BIC (AE) −696.94 −508.68 −387.55 −388.21 −393.30
 AE model parameter estimates
  a2 .77 .37 .31 .31 .42
   95% CI [.69, .83] [.21, .52] [.07, .50] [.10, .49] [.24, .57]
  e2 .23 .63 .69 .69 .58
   95% CI [.17, .31] [.48, .79] [.50, .93] [.51, .90] [.44, .76]
CE model vs. ACE model
 Fit statistics
  AIC (ACE) 297.23 324.74 270.94 268.87 257.84
  BIC (ACE) −695.95 −506.07 −384.94 −385.97 −391.49
  AIC (CE) 310.39 323.85 269.41 266.89 255.92
  BIC (CE) −691.12 −508.20 −387.34 −388.60 −394.09
 CE model parameter estimates
  c2 .59 .29 .21 .25 .35
   95% CI [.50, .66] [.15, .42] [.04, .37] [.08, .39] [.20, .48]
  e2 .41 .71 .79 .75 .65
   95% CI [.34, .50] [.58, .85] [.63, .96] [.61, .92] [.52, .80]

Note. Boldface type indicates lower AIC and BIC values (indicating a better fitting model) for each model-fitting comparison. AIC (ACE/AE/CE) = AIC for the ACE/AE/CE model. BIC (ACE/AE/CE) = BIC for the ACE/AE/CE model.