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. 2008 Apr 16;3(4):e2019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002019

Table 1. Select characteristics of twins from same-sex pairs enrolled in the University of Washington Twin Registry.

Characteristic Monozygotic Dizygotic
n = 1,003 n = 386
Demographic
Age (Mean years±SD) 29±13* 33±15
Education (Mean years±SD) 14±2 14±2
Female (%) 61 63
Non-Hispanic, White (%) 84* 90
Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity
Total minutes per week (Mean minutes±SD) 109±76* 99±72
60-minute cut-point (%) 79 77
150-minute cut-point (%) 30* 25
*

Indicates difference between monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs at P<0.05; data for cut-points presented as percentage achieving that standard; SD, standard deviation.