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. 2014 Aug 29;9(8):e103639. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103639

Table 1. Descriptive data for variables included in the analyses.

Total sample
n = 34 (17 MZ twin pairs, 47% female)
Mean (SD) Range
Individual-level description
Age (years) 37.8 (11.2) 22–56
Weeks of gestation 36.9 (2.4) 30–39
BW (kilograms) 2.4 (0.5) 1.4–3.4
WM score 110.4 (13.4) 89–142
Methylation fraction* 43.4 (11.9)% 20.7–60.8%
MZ twin intrapair differences
BW differences (kilograms) 0.3 (0.3) 0–1
WM score differences 8.8 (6.1) 0–17
Methylation fraction* differences 4.4 (6.7)% 0.3–28.8%

MZ  =  monozygotic; SD  =  standard deviation; BW  =  birth weight; WM  =  working memory; IQ  =  intellectual quotient; *: average methylation fraction of cg07075026 and cg20966754 (IGF2BP1) (see Materials and methods: b. CpG region selection).