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. 2012 Feb 1;7(2):e30320. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030320

Table 5. Intra-class correlations (coefficients of twin similarity) for IQ by zygosity for twins with SES.

Age ICC (95% CI) N
MZ DZ MZ DZ
SES index 1
2 0.91 (0.90–0.92) 0.76 (0.75–0.77) 1677 3315
3 0.95 (0.95–0.96) 0.84 (0.82–0.85) 1200 2374
4 0.89 (0.88–0.90) 0.71 (0.69–0.73) 1238 2460
7 0.68 (0.65–0.71) 0.49 (0.46–0.52) 1264 2284
9 0.75 (0.72–0.78) 0.58 (0.54–0.61) 863 1495
10 0.73 (0.69–0.76) 0.50 (0.45–0.54) 685 1197
12 0.66 (0.62–0.70) 0.42 (0.37–0.47) 777 1242
14 0.60 (0.54–0.65) 0.37 (0.31–0.43) 563 894
SES index 2
7 0.66 (0.64–0.69) 0.49 (0.46–0.52) 1614 2851
9 0.75 (0.72–0.77) 0.57 (0.53–0.60) 964 1595
10 0.74 (0.70–0.77) 0.50 (0.45–0.54) 744 1281
12 0.66 (0.62–0.69) 0.43 (0.39–0.46) 1310 2133
14 0.60 (0.55–0.64) 0.35 (0.30–0.40) 812 1201
SES index 3
9 0.76 (0.73–0.78) 0.58 (0.55–0.61) 1084 1816
10 0.73 (0.69–0.76) 0.49 (0.44–0.53) 773 1285
12 0.65 (0.60–0.69) 0.42 (0.37–0.46) 685 1072
14 0.61 (0.55–0.66) 0.33 (0.27–0.40) 510 712

ICC (95% CI) = intra-class correlation coefficient (95% confidence interval); MZ = monozygotic; DZ = dizygotic; N = number of complete cases, i.e. number of pairs in which both twins have IQ data. NB. The formal estimation of variance components, using full information maximum likelihood structural equation modelling, included data from incomplete cases.