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. 2008 Jul 3;83(1):99–105. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.06.006

Table 2.

Parameter Estimates for the Ten Individual Task Measures and the Combined Score

Meana Variancea Heritabilityb(p Value) Proportion of Variance Explainedc
Executive/cognitive tasks

 Stop task −0.264 0.784 0.235 (0.061) 0.302
 Shifting attentional set −0.255 0.881 0.236 (0.091) 0.185
 Time test −0.369 0.830 0.583 (3.1 × 10−4) 0.207
 Visuo-spatial sequencing 0.256 0.845 0.497 (0.001) 0.410
 Digit span 0.249 0.878 0.235 (0.076) 0.338

Motor tasks

 Pursuit −0.075 0.905 0.567 (6.1 × 10−4) 0.455
 Tracking −0.294 1 0.440 (0.010) 0.154
 Tapping −0.041 0.926 < 0.20 (> 0.1) 0.206
 Baseline speed −0.125 0.880 < 0.20 (> 0.1) 0.204
 Motor timing −0.320 0.867 0.701 (3 × 10−6) 0.256

Combined score 0.0 1 0.344 (0.027) 0.605
a

Mean and variance based on control sample consisting of sibling pairs described elsewhere.5–9

b

Heritability models were adjusted by age, sex, and parent- and teacher-based Conners' questionnaires.

c

Proportion of variance due to all final covariates according to SOLAR models.