Table 4.

Twin correlations and univariate ACE estimates for independent life events, dependent life events and depression

	Independent life events	Dependent life events	Depression
MZM	0.34 (0.22–0.44)	0.45 (0.34–0.53)	0.30 (0.15–0.42)
DZM	0.22 (0.06–0.36)	0.28 (0.11–0.42)	0.25 (0.09–0.39)
MZF	0.36 (0.26–0.45)	0.31 (0.21–0.40)	0.35 (0.24–0.45)
DZF	0.24 (0.10–0.36)	0.31 (0.18–0.42)	0.21 (0.07–0.34)
DZOS	0.24 (0.12–0.35)	0.25 (0.15–0.35)	0.11 (0.00–0.22)

	A	C	E
Independent life events	0.24 (0.03–0.42)	0.11 (0.00–0.28)	0.65 (0.58–0.72)
Dependent life events
Male	0.30 (0.01–0.49)	0.14 (0.01–0.39)	0.56 (0.47–0.66)
Female	0.03 (0.00–0.32)	0.29 (0.04–0.38)	0.68 (0.60–0.76)
Depression
Male	0.05 (0.00–0.42)	0.24 (0.00–0.37)	0.71 (0.59–0.83)
Female	0.24 (0.00–0.45)	0.10 (0.00–0.33)	0.65 (0.55–0.76)

MZM monozygotic male, DZM dizygotic male, MZF monozygotic female, DZF dizygotic female, DZOS dizygotic opposite sex, A additive genetic influences, C shared environmental influences, E non-shared environmental influences