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. 2004 Dec 3;5:49. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-5-49

Table 3.

Twin correlations for the completion times of each of the three cards and the interference score (95% confidence interval in brackets).

Zygosity N Twin1 N Twin2 Card 1 Card 2 Card 3 Interference score (3 minus 2)
MZM 32 33 0.68 (0.45 – 0.83) 0.78 (0.60 – 0.88) 0.75 (0.55 – 0.87) 0.44 (0.12 – 0.68)
DZM 23 22 0.41 (0.02 – 0.69) 0.47 (0.08 – 0.74) 0.37 (-0.03 – 0.67) 0.11 (-0.30 – 0.49)
MZF 43 43 0.70 (0.51 – 0.82) 0.60 (0.36 – 0.76) 0.70 (0.51 – 0.83) 0.55 (0.29 – 0.73)
DZF 16 16 0.25 (-0.24 – 0.64) 0.38 (-0.10 – 0.72) 0.68 (0.32 – 0.87) 0.32 (-0.17 – 0.68)
DOS 27 26 0.29 (-0.08 – 0.60) 0.31 (-0.07 – 0.61) 0.19 (-0.18 – 0.52) 0.10 (-0.28 – 0.46)

Note: MZM = monozygotic males; DZM = dizygotic males; MFZ = monozygotic females; DZF = dizygotic females; DOS = opposite sex pairs. N Twin 1 is the number of first born twins per zygosity group; N Twin 2 is the number of second born twins.