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. 2009 Nov 30;106(49):20906–20911. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0905307106

Table 2.

Brother and twin pair analyses

Analysis Global intelligence Logical intelligence Verbal intelligence Visuospatial intelligence Technical intelligence
Brother pairs
    n 268,496 257,591 257,352 257,351 255,635
    b 0.172 0.177 0.143 0.114 0.113
    95% CI 0.168–0.176 0.173–0.181 0.140–0.147 0.110–0.118 0.108–0.117
    R2 0.27 0.23 0.20 0.16 0.18
DZ twin pairs
    n 1,715 1,676 1,676 1,676 1,672
    b 0.136 0.152 0.104 0.054 0.096
    95% CI 0.089–0.182 0.103–0.202 0.057–0.152 0.005–0.104 0.047–0.144
    R2 0.30 0.25 0.21 0.15 0.19
MZ twin pairs
    n 1,432 1,391 1,394 1,394 1,377
    b 0.128 0.114 0.113 0.099 0.060
    95% CI 0.084–0.172 0.062–0.166 0.059–0.166 0.039–0.159 0.003–0.118
    R2 0.66 0.53 0.46 0.37 0.43
Bivariate heritability
    r (DZ) 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.08 0.08
    r (MZ) 0.20 0.21 0.20 0.13 0.13
    Heritability 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.10 0.10
    Shared environment 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.03 0.03
    Non-shared environment 0.79 0.79 0.80 0.87 0.87

The association between cardiovascular fitness and cognitive performance within brother and twin pairs. r2=adjusted coefficient of determination; b=regression coefficient presented with 95% confidence intervals. Bivariate heritability: By comparing correlation coefficients (r) between dizygotic (DZ) and monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs, bivariate heritability and contribution of shared and non-shared environment for associations between cardiovascular fitness and intelligence scores wee calculated. env=environment.