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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Twin Res Hum Genet. 2012 Aug;15(4):473–482. doi: 10.1017/thg.2012.25

TABLE 2.

Parameter Estimates for Psychiatric Phenotype Caffeine Use

Psychiatric disorder A Psychiatric disorder E Caf. A Caf. E Genetic correlation Environmental correlation
GAD 0.33 (0.20–0.45) 0.67 (0.55–0.80) 0.49 (0.42–0.55) 0.51 (0.45–0.58) 0.48 (0.28–0.70) 0.04 (−0.09–0.16)
PAN 0.32 (0.14–0.49) 0.68 (0.51–0.87) 0.49 (0.42–0.56) 0.51 (0.44–0.58) −0.22 (−0.51–0.03) 0.11 (−0.05–0.27)
PHO 0.32 (0.20–0.43) 0.68 (0.57–0.80) 0.49 (0.42–0.56) 0.51 (0.44–0.58) 0.25 (0.06–0.45) −0.01 (−0.13–0.11)
MDD 0.38 (0.27–0.49) 0.62 (0.51–0.73) 0.49 (0.42–0.55) 0.51 (0.45–0.58) 0.38 (0.21–0.55) 0.12 (0.00–0.24)
AN 0.34 (0.02–0.61) 0.66 (0.40–0.98) 0.49 (0.42–0.56) 0.51 (0.45–0.58) 0.07 (−0.30–0.54) −0.03 (−0.26–0.20)
BN 0.50 (0.28–0.68) 0.50 (0.32–0.72) 0.49 (0.42–0.56) 0.51 (0.46–0.58) 0.08 (−0.15–0.33) 0.07 (−0.16–0.28)

Note: Common environmental parameter fixed to zero. Caf. = caffeine use; GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; PAN = panic disorder; PHO = phobia; MDD = major depressive disorder; AN = anorexia nervosa; BN = bulimia nervosa; A = genetic parameter; E = unique environmental parameter.