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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Cogn. 2009 Feb 24;70(1):145–153. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.01.005

Table 4.

Familial correlations for IQ and EF residualized for IQ for all relationships in study, combined and separated by gender

Relationship IQ correlation N EF correlation (5 component average) N EF correlation (3 component average) N Residualized EF correlation (3 component average) N
Parent:offspringa .45*** 1014 .36*** 698 .24*** 705 .15*** 806
 Father:son .45*** 344 .26*** 232 .15 232 .05 275
 Mother:son .42*** 353 .45*** 268 .35*** 257 .31*** 300
 Father:daughter .49*** 154 .45** 92 .35*** 103 .24** 108
 Mother:daughter .49*** 164 .22** 108 .04 106 -.06 123
Sibling .50b*** 303 .24*** 267 .15* 267 .04b 202
 Brother:brother .29*** 88 .40*** 105 .24** 105 .08 53
 Sister:brother .55*** 198 .16** 151 .10 151 .05 138
 Sister:sister .81*** 17 -.04 9 -.19 11 -.29 11
Spouse .45*** 266 .31*** 169 .19** 168 .09 227
*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p< .001

a

These correlations are based on entire sample available and include some in the study who do not have EF data

b

Homogeneity tests show that there is significant variation in correlations among these groups (p < .05)