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. 2011 Mar;72(2):210–220. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2011.72.210

Table 1.

Distribution of educational level and alcohol problems in twin individuals across zygosity and sex

Variable MZF (n = 920) DZF (n = 1,732) MZM (n = 626) DZM (n = 1,580) Total (n = 4,858)
Education, M (SD) 13.6(2.4) 13.3 (2.6) 13.0 (2.3) 12.8(2.3) 13.2 (2.5)
RAPI, M (SD) 4.6 (6.2) 4.5 (6.1) 6.7 (8.1) 7.6 (8.0) 5.8 (7.2)
Max. drinks, M (SD) 11.6(6.2) 11.9(6.2) 21.1 (10.2) 21.8(9.8) 16.2 (9.4)

Notes: Dizygotic female (DZF) and dizygotic male (DZM) individuals in the table are drawn from both same-sex and opposite-sex DZ pairs. MZF = monozygotic females; MZM = monozygotic males; RAPI = Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index; max. drinks = maximum number of drinks consumed in a 24−hour period.