Table 5.
Educational years in former smokers as compared to current smokers within discordant twin pairs by measurement year, zygosity and sex.
Measurement years | MZ twins | Same-sex DZ twins | p-value of zygosity interaction | ||||
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β | 95% confidence intervals | β | 95% confidence intervals | ||||
LL | UL | LL | UL | ||||
Men | |||||||
1960–1969 | 0.07 | − 0.17 | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.09 | 0.70 | 0.095 |
1970–1979 | 0.07 | − 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.58 | 0.088 |
1980–1989 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.22 | 0.55 | 0.063 |
1990–1999 | 0.01 | − 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.09 | 0.68 | 0.104 |
2000–2012 | 0.04 | − 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.40 | 0.16 | 0.63 | 0.028 |
Women | |||||||
1970–1979 | − 0.04 | − 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.04 | − 0.21 | 0.30 | 0.712 |
1980–1989 | 0.02 | − 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 0.47 | 0.015 |
1990–1999 | 0.31 | 0.05 | 0.57 | 0.43 | 0.16 | 0.71 | 0.542 |
2000–2012 | 0.19 | − 0.01 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.14 | 0.60 | 0.261 |