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. 2016 Sep 6;6:32760. doi: 10.1038/srep32760

Table 2. Twin pair correlations (95% confidence intervals) and heritability estimates for total volumes of four cortical lobar regions, seven subcortical structures and intracranial volume (ICV).

Region Within twin pair intraclass correlations (95% CI) Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic Covariates Significance
MZ pairs (N = 93) DZ pairs (N = 68)
Cortical Lobar Regions
 Frontal cortex 0.79 (0.70,0.85) 0.40 (0.35,0.57) 0.78 (0.42,0.85) 0.01 (0,0.35) 0.21 (0.15,0.3) sNSS
 Temporal cortex 0.75 (0.65,0.82) 0.46 (0.33,0.62) 0.58 (0.24,0.81) 0.17 (0,0.49) 0.25 (0.18,0.35) sNSS
 Parietal cortex 0.70 (0.58,0.78) 0.42 (0.30,0.59) 0.55 (0.18,0.78) 0.15 (0,0.48) 0.30 (0.22,0.42) sNSS
 Occipital cortex 0.70 (0.59,0.78) 0.35 (0.29,0.48) 0.70 (0.42,0.78) 0.00 (0,0.25) 0.30 (0.22,0.41) sNSS
Subcortical structures
 Nucleus accumbens 0.65 (0.53,0.74) 0.44 (0.28,0.61) 0.42 (0.03,0.73) 0.24 (0,0.57) 0.35 (0.26,0.47) sNSN
 Amygdala 0.61 (0.48,0.71) 0.41 (0.26,0.58) 0.41 (0.00,0.71) 0.21 (0,0.56) 0.39 (0.29,0.52) sNSS
 Caudate 0.86 (0.79,0.90) 0.52 (0.40,0.66) 0.67 (0.39,0.89) 0.19 (0,0.46) 0.14 (0.1,0.21) NsSS
 Hippocampus 0.73 (0.63,0.81) 0.37 (0.31,0.47) 0.73 (0.52,0.81) 0.00 (0,0.19) 0.27 (0.19,0.37) sNSS
 Pallidum 0.49 (0.33,0.62) 0.24 (0.17,0.40) 0.49 (0.11,0.62) 0.00 (0,0.32) 0.51 (0.38,0.67) sSNS
 Putamen 0.68 (0.55,0.77) 0.34 (0.28,0.5) 0.68 (0.32,0.77) 0.00 (0,0.32) 0.32 (0.23,0.45) sNSS
 Thalamus 0.50 (0.35,0.63) 0.25 (0.18,0.44) 0.51 (0.07,0.63) 0.00 (0,0.38) 0.50 (0.37,0.65) sNSS
 ICV 0.88 (0.83,0.91) 0.48 (0.41,0.63) 0.79 (0.50,0.91) 0.09 (0,0.37) 0.12 (0.09,0.17) NSS*

Univariate ACE model intra-class correlation (ICC) with 95% CI and heritability (95% CI) for total volumes (left plus right hemisphere) of four cortical lobar regions, seven subcortical structures and intracranial volume (ICV). All estimates were adjusted for different scanners, age, sex and ICV where appropriate. Last column indicates the significance of covariates. Significance of the p-value (p < 0.05) for any of the covariates age, sex (coded 1 for male and 0 for female), scanners (4 scanners coded with 3 dummy variables) and ICV in that order is indicated as a string; S = significant and beta >0; s =  significant and beta <0; N = not significant and * = not applicable. Significance for scanners were coded as S if p < 0.05 for any one of the scanners, ignoring the direction of beta.