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. 2020 Mar 12;63(3):793–813. doi: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00012

Table 4.

Intraclass correlation estimates (Est), standard errors (SEs), and lower and upper 95% confidence limits (LCL, UCL) by phenotype, zygosity, age, and affectedness (Aff) criteria.

Outcome Aff criterion Age MZ twins
DZ twins
Est SE LCL UCL Est SE LCL UCL
PPVT-III Vocabulary −1.00 SD 4 .72 .08 .51 .84 .39 .09 .16 .54
6 .75 .10 .50 .90 .32 .16 .00 .58
−1.25 SD 4 .59 .12 .28 .79 .51 .10 .26 .67
6 .76 .11 .46 .95 .57 .15 .20 .81
−1.50 SD 4 .47 .18 .01 .76 .54 .12 .22 .74
6 .85 .10 .58 1.00 .66 .18 .21 .95
TOLD-P:3 Spoken Language −1.00 SD 4 .73 .07 .55 .84 .55 .07 .38 .65
6 .79 .06 .63 .89 .46 .07 .27 .58
−1.25 SD 4 .63 .09 .40 .78 .52 .08 .32 .65
6 .87 .05 .75 .95 .46 .08 .24 .60
−1.50 SD 4 .72 .11 .43 .91 .42 .13 .10 .63
6 .84 .06 .68 .94 .47 .10 .21 .64
TOLD-P:3 Semantics −1.00 SD 4 .55 .09 .31 .70 .41 .08 .22 .54
6 .61 .09 .38 .77 .35 .08 .14 .49
−1.25 SD 4 .41 .13 .07 .63 .26 .11 .00 .44
6 .72 .08 .51 .86 .33 .10 .08 .50
−1.50 SD 4 .47 .17 .04 .74 .34 .12 .02 .54
6 .77 .08 .56 .90 .34 .11 .05 .52
TOLD-P:3 Syntax −1.00 SD 4 .80 .06 .65 .89 .46 .07 .27 .58
6 .80 .06 .65 .90 .48 .07 .30 .61
−1.25 SD 4 .61 .10 .36 .78 .45 .09 .22 .60
6 .83 .06 .68 .92 .39 .09 .15 .54
−1.50 SD 4 .57 .12 .26 .77 .46 .11 .18 .64
6 .88 .05 .76 .96 .44 .10 .18 .60
GFTA-2 Speech −1.00 SD 4 .84 .09 .61 .98 .72 .11 .44 .90
6 .84 .09 .62 .99 .08 .23 .00 .46
−1.25 SD 4 .93 .06 .78 1.00 .79 .10 .53 .96
6 .92 .07 .74 1.00 .47 .25 .00 .88
−1.50 SD 4 .91 .08 .70 1.00 .84 .10 .58 1.00
6 .91 .08 .70 1.00 .56 .24 .00 .96
MLU −1.00 SD 4 .64 .09 .40 .79 .22 .10 .00 .38
6 .62 .10 .35 .79 .25 .10 .00 .41
−1.25 SD 4 .66 .10 .40 .83 .34 .10 .08 .51
6 .36 .15 .00 .61 .17 .13 .00 .38
−1.50 SD 4 .83 .08 .63 .95 .28 .13 .00 .49
6 .67 .13 .33 .88 −.07 .21 .00 .28
TEGI Composite −1.00 SD 4 .82 .05 .69 .91 .58 .06 .43 .68
6 .78 .06 .63 .88 .43 .08 .23 .56
−1.25 SD 4 .81 .06 .66 .90 .60 .06 .44 .70
6 .88 .04 .77 .95 .43 .08 .21 .56
−1.50 SD 4 .83 .06 .69 .92 .61 .06 .45 .72
6 .90 .04 .79 .96 .47 .09 .25 .61
TEGI Screener −1.00 SD 4 .85 .05 .73 .93 .58 .06 .42 .69
6 .65 .09 .42 .79 .50 .08 .29 .64
−1.25 SD 4 .86 .05 .74 .94 .61 .06 .45 .71
6 .75 .08 .56 .88 .51 .09 .28 .65
−1.50 SD 4 .89 .04 .78 .96 .64 .06 .47 .74
6 .80 .07 .62 .91 .54 .09 .30 .69
CMMS Nonverbal IQ −1.00 SD 4 .32 .16 .00 .58 .32 .11 .03 .50
6 .81 .10 .56 .98 .12 .24 .00 .51
−1.25 SD 4 .08 .27 .00 .52 .48 .13 .14 .70
6 .43 .09 .20 .57 .24 .10 .00 .40
−1.50 SD 4 .53 .27 .00 .98 .44 .25 .00 .85
6 .61 .06 .44 .72 .51 .06 .36 .61

Note. MZ = monozygotic; DZ = dizygotic; PPVT-III = Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test–III; TOLD-P:3= Test of Language Development–Primary: Third Edition; GFTA-2 = Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation–Second Edition; MLU = mean length of utterance as calculated by SALT software; TEGI = Rice–Wexler Test of Early Grammatical Impairment; CMMS = Columbia Mental Maturity Scale.