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. 2009 Mar 18;19(11):2728–2735. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp026

Table 2.

Genetic and unique environmental standardized variance components and correlations (95% CI)

Surface area
Cortical thickness
Correlations
A E A E Phenotypic Genetic Environmental
Total gray matter 0.89 (0.66, 0.96) 0.06 (0.04, 0.08) 0.81 (0.56, 0.87) 0.17 (0.12, 0.23) 0.01 (−0.09, 0.12) 0.08 (−0.11, 0.29) −0.13 (−0.31, 0.06)
Left frontal lobe 0.88 (0.64, 0.95) 0.06 (0.05, 0.09) 0.78 (0.54, 0.84) 0.21 (0.16, 0.29) −0.05 (−0.16, 0.05) −0.02 (−0.19, 0.21) −0.10 (−0.28, 0.09)
Right frontal lobe 0.81 (0.58, 0.94) 0.08 (0.06, 0.11) 0.70 (0.40, 0.80) 0.26 (0.19, 0.35) −0.05 (−0.15, 0.06) 0.08 (−0.18, 0.36) −0.23 (−0.39, −0.04)
Left temporal lobe 0.87 (0.60, 0.91) 0.12 (0.09, 0.16) 0.63 (0.39, 0.73) 0.36 (0.27, 0.49) −0.01 (−0.11, 0.09) 0.05 (−0.14, 0.33) −0.23 (−0.40, −0.05)
Right temporal lobe 0.85 (0.68, 0.90) 0.13 (0.10, 0.18) 0.67 (0.37, 0.82) 0.24 (0.18, 0.32) −0.01 (−0.11, 0.10) 0.01 (−0.09, 0.35) −0.20 (−0.38, −0.02)
Left parietal lobe 0.87 (0.65, 0.92) 0.11 (0.08, 0.15) 0.74 (0.47, 0.83) 0.23 (0.17, 0.31) 0.10 (−0.01, 0.20) 0.17 (−0.01, 0.42) −0.08 (−0.27, 0.10)
Right parietal lobe 0.77 (0.50, 0.88) 0.16 (0.12, 0.22) 0.74 (0.46, 0.80) 0.26 (0.20, 0.35) 0.08 (−0.02, 0.18) 0.14 (−0.11, 0.42) −0.10 (−0.28, 0.08)
Left occipital lobe 0.64 (0.36, 0.83) 0.21 (0.16, 0.29) 0.71 (0.43, 0.79) 0.27 (0.21, 0.37) −0.01 (−0.11, 0.09) 0.09 (−0.22, 0.43) −0.11 (−0.29, 0.07)
Right occipital lobe 0.31 (0.01, 0.65) 0.35 (0.26, 0.46) 0.52 (0.19, 0.77) 0.29 (0.22, 0.38) −0.04 (−0.14, 0.07) 0.10 (−0.58, 0 31) −0.03 (−0.21, 0.16)

Note: A, proportion of phenotypic variance due to genetic factors (heritability); E, proportion of phenotypic variance due to unique environmental factors. For simplicity of presentation, shared environment effects (C), although estimated in the model, are omitted.