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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Psychol Gen. 2016 Apr;145(4):451–466. doi: 10.1037/xge0000146

Table 6.

Phenotypically Standardized Covariances between Common and Unique Variance in the Cognitive Latent Variables with Dimensions of Reading Ability.

Phenotypic (rp) = Genetic (cova) + Nonshared Enviorn. (cove)
Common Reading
Common Cognitive Variance .61 [.54, .69] .57 [.49, .65] .05 [.02, .08]
Unique Working Memory .37 [.27, .46] .37 [.26, .47] .00 [.00, .05]
Unique Processing Speed .16 [.06, .26] .12 [.01, .22] .05 [.00, .09]
Unique Naming Speed .03 [−.06, .10] .07 [−.04, .16] −.03 [−.08, .03]

Unique Word Reading
Common Cognitive Variance .64 [.56, .71] .57 [.49, .65] .07 [.03, .10]
Unique Working Memory .30 [.20, .39] .29 [.19, .39] .01 [.00, .06]
Unique Processing Speed .21 [.11, .31] .13 [.02, .23] .08 [.03, .13]
Unique Naming Speed .01 [−.07, .10] .05 [−.05, .15] −.04 [.10, .03]

Unique Listening Comprehension
Common Cognitive Variance .23 [.19, .34] .27 [.14, .39] −.03 [−.11, .04]
Unique Working Memory .29 [.17, .41] .29 [.14, .44] .00 [−.10, .10]
Unique Processing Speed .09 [−.04, .22] .09 [−.05, .24] .00 [−.12, .11]
Unique Naming Speed .08 [−.03, .20] .06 [−.09, .21] .02 [−.11, .15]

Note: Numbers in bold are significant at p < .05 as judged by 95% confidence intervals.