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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015 Aug 6;39(9):1740–1748. doi: 10.1111/acer.12829

Table 3.

Bulimic behaviors by concordant/discordant exposure of early risky behaviors in the total sample (ns and percentages [in parentheses] are given).

N (in twins) Bulimic Behaviors
Early Alcohol Experimentation
 Concordant Unexposed 2718 536 (19.87)
 Discordant Unexposed 288 64 (22.30)
 Discordant Exposed 288 96 (33.45)
 Concordant Exposed 238 70 (29.79)
Early Regular Alcohol Use
 Concordant Unexposed 3236 674 (20.98)
 Discordant Unexposed 116 28 (24.14)
 Discordant Exposed 116 46 (40.35)
 Concordant Exposed 50 16 (32.00)
Early Nicotine Experimentation
 Concordant Unexposed 1830 327 (18.04)
 Discordant Unexposed 439 97 (22.20)
 Discordant Exposed 439 127 (29.06)
 Concordant Exposed 818 213 (26.20)
Early Regular Nicotine Use
 Concordant Unexposed 2872 582 (20.43)
 Discordant Unexposed 202 47 (23.38)
 Discordant Exposed 202 55 (27.50)
 Concordant Exposed 234 75 (32.05)
Early Daily Nicotine Use
 Concordant Unexposed 3026 617 (20.55)
 Discordant Unexposed 181 54 (30.00)
 Discordant Exposed 181 54 (30.17)
 Concordant Exposed 130 37 (28.46)
Early Cannabis Experimentation
 Concordant Unexposed 3144 648 (20.76)
 Discordant Unexposed 142 40 (28.17)
 Discordant Exposed 142 51 (35.92)
 Concordant Exposed 98 26 (26.53)
Any Early Nicotine/Cannabis Experimentation
 Concordant Unexposed 1818 323 (17.97)
 Discordant Unexposed 440 98 (22.37)
 Discordant Exposed 440 127 (29.00)
 Concordant Exposed 840 218 (26.11)
Any Early Substance Experimentation
 Concordant Unexposed 1678 290 (17.44)
 Discordant Unexposed 454 95 (21.02)
 Discordant Exposed 454 128 (28.38)
 Concordant Exposed 948 253 (26.86)
Early Sex
 Concordant Unexposed 2994 611 (20.57)
 Discordant Unexposed 193 52 (27.08)
 Discordant Exposed 193 57 (29.69)
 Concordant Exposed 128 38 (29.92)