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. 2009 Jan 19;48(3):277–280. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken475

Table 4.

Results of multivariate modelling for the five skeletal sites simultaneously

χ2 df AIC
Cholesky
    ACE 108.3 50 8.3
    AE 111.6 65 −18.4
    CE 211.5 65 81.5
    E 533.3 80 373.3
Independent pathway
    ACE 116.9 65 −13.1
    AE 118.3 75 −31.7
    CE 221.7 75 71.7
    E 536.2 85 366.2
Common pathway
    ACE 121.7 73 −24.3
    AE 122.2 79 35.8
    CE 226.3 79 68.3
    E 536.2 85 366.2

‘A’ represents additive genetic factors; ‘C’ common environmental factors; ‘E’ unique environmental factors. AIC represents the Akaike information criterion that describes the balance between goodness of fit and parsimony of each model: the lowest value is in bold typeface.