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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Behav Med. 2013 Jun;45(3):289–298. doi: 10.1007/s12160-012-9463-5

Table 2.

Means and standard deviations for Emotional Instability and Extraversion by fatigue<break/>definition and zygosity

Chronic fatigue of 6 months
or longer
CFS-like illness
Cases
MZ n = 214
DZ n = 94
Controls
MZ n = 99
DZ n = 51
Cases
MZ n = 148
DZ n = 66
Controls
MZ n = 133
DZ n = 65
Emotional Instability
 MZ Twins, mean (SD) 56 (11) 56 (11) 55 (11) 56 (11)
 DZ Twins, mean (SD) 58 (11) 52 (10) 59 (10) 53 (10)
Extraversion
 MZ Twins, mean (SD) 44 (13) 49 (10) 43 (13) 49 (11)
 DZ Twins, mean (SD) 44 (11) 52 (9) 44 (11) 51 (9)

CFS = chronic fatigue syndrome; MZ = monozygotic; DZ = dizygotic; SD = standard deviation