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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2013 Sep 4;44(7):1499–1509. doi: 10.1017/S0033291713002286

Table 3.

Parameter Estimates for the Best-Fitting Bivariate and Univariate G X E Models

Parameter Bivariate Model
Univariate Model
β (95% CI) p β (95% CI) p
Common A path to Combat .50 (.44 – .55) < .001 N/A
Common A path to PTSD 1.26 (.84 – 1.67) < .001 N/A
Common E path to Combat .57 (.53 – .61) < .001 N/A
Common E path to PTSD .75 (.39 – 1.11) < .001 N/A
Unique A path to PTSD 1.26 (.60 – 1.93) < .001 1.31 (.68 – 1.93) < .001
Unique E path for PTSD 2.92 (2.61 – 3.23) < .001 2.93 (2.62 – 3.24) < .001
Unique A * Combat .75 (.22 – 1.28) .006 .74 (.19 – 1.28) .008
Unique E * Combat .75 (.46 – 1.03) < .001 .74 (.43 – 1.05) < .001
MZ: CombatT1 to PTSDT1 N/A 1.59 (1.19 – 1.98) < .001
MZ: CombatT2 to PTSDT1 N/A .37 (.00 – .74) .05
DZ: CombatT1 to PTSDT1 N/A 1.99 (1.37 – 2.60) < .001
DZ: CombatT2 to PTSDT1 N/A .08 (−.40 – .56) .74

Note. All β are unstandardized coefficients. A = genetic; E = non-shared environment; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; CI = confidence interval; MZ = monozygotic; DZ = dizygotic; T1 = twin 1; T2 = twin 2; N/A = not applicable.