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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2018 Oct 1;203:234–241.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.099

Table 3.

Statistical analyses of for BPD heritability by X2, intra-class correlation and ACE Modeling.BPD heritability by X2, intra-class correlation (ICC) and ACE modeling in twin pairs of primary study, validation and combined cohorts by chorionicity.

Cohort Chorionicity Number in Twin Pairs Affected ACE modeling Percent of Variability (95% CI)
Neither One Both Total χ2 p ICC (95% CI) p %A
(Heritability)
p %C
(Common Environmental)
p
Study MC 23 19 16 58 0.69 .71 0.34
(0.08,0.55)
.70 0.0%
(0.0%, 43.1%)
1.0 56.4%
(25.0%, 68.0%)
.004
DC 88 56 48 192 0.39
(0.25,0.51)
Total 111 75 64 250
Validation MC 9 7 13 29 2.27 .32 0.51
(0.15,0.75)
.92 6.5%
(0.0%, 67.4%)
.44 66.9%
(17.2%, 83.7%)
.016
DC 34 19 23 76 .49
(0.27,0.66)
Total 43 26 36 105
Combined MC 32 26 29 87 2.33 .31 0.40
(0.20,0.57)
.88 0.0%
(0.0%, 38.6%)
1.0 61.2%
(33.0%, 70.4%)
<.001
DC 122 75 71 268 0.42
(0.30,0.52)
Total 154 101 100 355