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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2011 Jan 20;41(9):1907–1916. doi: 10.1017/S003329171000259X

Table 4.

Path estimates for residual genetic and environmental effectsa and total genetic and environmental influences on smoking, alcohol intoxication and illicit drug useb

Age (years) Genetic factors
Shared environmental factors
Unique environmental factors
A1 A2 A3 Ac As At C1 C2 C3 Cc Cs Ct E1 E2 E3 Ec Es Et
Smoking 13–14 0.31 46 10 56 0.13 31 2 33 −0.02 11 0 11
16–17 −0.01 0.33 40 11 51 0.20 −0.01 26 4 30 0.28 0.12 9 9 18
19–20 0.21 0.47 0.12 33 27 60 0.12 0.15 0.04 10 3 13 0.10 0.33 0.25 9 18 27
Alcohol intoxication 13–14 0.44 35 20 55 0.18 23 3 26 0.32 9 10 19
16–17 −0.01 0.36 31 13 44 0.33 0.26 20 18 38 −0.05 0.32 7 10 17
19–20 −0.10 0.22 0.58 18 40 58 0.06 0.16 −0.01 6 3 9 0.06 0.15 0.52 4 30 34
Illicit drug use 13–14 0.70 20 50 70 −0.04 13 0 13 0.68 5 13 18
16–17 0 0.50 38 25 63 0.01 0.11 25 1 26 0.11 0.32 9 2 11
19–20 0.02 0.37 0.41 43 31 74 −0.01 0.01 0.11 12 1 13 −0.05 0.03 0.05 12 1 13

A1, A2 and A3, additive genetic path estimates at ages 13–14, 16–17 and 19–20 respectively; Ac, percentage of genetic effects due to common factors; As, percentage of genetic effects due to specific factors; At, total genetic effects; C1, C2 and C3, shared environment path estimates at ages 13–14, 16–17 and 19–20 respectively; Cc, percentage of shared environmental effects due to common factors; Cs, percentage of shared environmental effects due to specific factors; Ct, total shared environmental effects; E1, E2 and E3, unique environment path estimates at ages 13–14, 16–17 and 19–20 respectively; Ec, percentage of unique environmental effects due to common factors; Es, percentage of unique environmental effects due to specific factors; Et, total unique environmental effects. Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding error.

a

Results for ‘ lower portion ’ of the model only (Fig. 1).

b

Total genetic and environmental influences on smoking, alcohol intoxication, and illicit drug use at waves 2–4, including common and substance-specific/residual influences.