Table 2.
Differential Heritability of PPI and P50 Gating Measures in Nuclear Families with Positive vs. Negative Family History
| Endophenotype | All 296 Families | 97 FH+ Families | 96 FH− Families | ||||||
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| No. | h2r ± SE | P value | No. | h2r ± SE | P value | No. | h2r ± SE | P value | |
| PPI | 701 | 0.29 ± 0.09 | 0.0004 | 242 | 0.47 ± 0.13 | 0.017 | 215 | 0.02 ± 0.17 | ns |
| Startle Magnitude | 821 | 0.62 ± 0.07 | <0.0001 | 278 | 0.54 ± 0.11 | <0.0001 | 259 | 0.60 ± 0.14 | <0.0001 |
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| P50 Gating | 568 | 0.20 ± 0.10 | 0.019 | 192 | 0.36 ± 0.17 | 0.011 | 175 | 0.03 ± 0.17 | ns |
| P50 S1 | 564 | 0.39 ± 0.10 | <0.0001 | 190 | 0.80 ± 0.20 | <0.0001 | 175 | 0.35 ± 0.20 | 0.034 |
| P50 S2 | 564 | 0.27 ± 0.11 | 0.005 | 191 | 0.19 ± 0.18 | ns | 174 | 0.36 ± 0.19 | 0.026 |
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| Continuous Performance Test | 881 | 0.34 ± 0.06 | <0.0001 | 294 | 0.31 ± 0.11 | 0.001 | 283 | 0.29 ± 0.12 | 0.005 |
| Letter-Number Span | 951 | 0.34 ± 0.06 | <0.0001 | 320 | 0.31 ± 0.11 | 0.001 | 301 | 0.41 ± 0.13 | <0.0001 |
| Verbal Learning | 949 | 0.26 ± 0.06 | <0.0001 | 323 | 0.28 ± 0.12 | 0.004 | 299 | 0.31 ± 0.10 | 0.001 |
Key: FH+ = multiply affected families with a positive history for schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder; FH− = singleton families with only the required schizophrenia proband and no evidence of other major psychiatric disorders. Nonsignifcant p values >0.10 are indicated as “ns”. For the cognitive measures shown for comparison, Continuous Performance Test refers to the Degraded Stimulus version d′ measure, Letter-Number Span was the reordered condition, and Verbal Learning refers to the California Verbal Learning Test list A total recall score.