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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Twin Res Hum Genet. 2015 Mar 2;18(2):171–178. doi: 10.1017/thg.2014.88

TABLE 1.

Phenotypic Correlations, Twin Pair correlations, and Standardized Proportions of Variance Explained by Additive Genetic (A), Shared Environmental (C), and Non-Shared Environmental (E) Risk Factors

Variables Pearson product moment correlations Twin pair correlations Univariate parameter estimates (95%)

1 2 3 4 5 6 MZ DZ A C E
Difficult 1 0.56 0.12 0.48 (0.20 – 0.64) 0.00 (0.00 – 0.18) 0.52 (0.36 – 0.71)
Inhibited 0.19 1 0.52 0.48 0.07 (0.00 – 0.50) 0.46 (0.12 – 0.60) 0.48 (0.32 – 0.62)
Unsocial 0.19 0.12 1 0.53 0.26 0.46 (0.21 – 0.62) 0.00 (0.00 – 0.42) 0.54 (0.51 – 0.65)
Resistant 0.37 0.23 0.44 1 0.68 0.59 0.00 (0.00 – 0.43) 0.61 (0.51 – 0.70) 0.39 (0.28 – 0.60)
ADHD 0.14 0.08 0.03 0.08 1 0.71 0.19 0.61 (0.00 – 0.92) 0.00 (0.00 – 0.69) 0.38 (0.38 – 0.95)
ODD 0.13 0.16 0.02 0.05 0.25 1 0.55 0.45 0.21 (0.00 – 0.65) 0.34 (0.00 – 0.58) 0.45 (0.30 – 0.62)
SAD 0.10 0.13 0.01 0.07 0.42 0.31 0.43 0.29 0.28 (0.00 – 0.62) 0.15 (0.00 – 0.44) 0.57 (0.38 – 0.79)

Note: ADHD = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ODD = oppositional defiant disorder, SAD = separation anxiety disorder. Bold items represent significant correlations at α= 0.05.