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. 2009 Feb 18;89(4):1011–1018. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27170

TABLE 3.

Comparative model fits for participation in vigorous exercise (VE) and age as moderators of BMI1

Model fit
Comparative model fit
Model −2LL df Δ−2LL df P value Test
1: Full model 18,356.58 7060
2: No VE moderation 18,426.50 7063 69.92 3 <0.001 2 vs 1
 2a: No additive genetic moderation 18,376.40 7061 19.82 1 <0.001 2a vs 1
 2b: No shared environmental moderation 18,357.25 7061 0.67 1 0.42 2b vs 1
 2c: No nonshared moderation 18,360.89 7061 4.31 1 0.04 2c vs 1
3: No age moderation 18,367.97 7063 11.39 3 <0.001 3 vs 1
 3a: No additive genetic moderation 18,362.08 7061 5.50 1 0.02 3a vs 1
 3b: No shared environmental moderation 18,360.94 7061 4.36 1 0.04 3b vs 1
 3c: No nonshared moderation 18,358.24 7061 1.66 1 0.20 3c vs 1
1

n = 8627 study participants drawn from 2710 monozygotic and 2327 dizygotic twin pairs (results of gene × environment interaction twin structural equation modeling).