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. 2022 Aug 3;79(9):889–898. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.1947

Table 1. Descriptive Statistics.

Variable No. (%)
Overall MZF DZF MZM DZM DZOS, female DZOS, male
Twins Early Development Study
No. of pairs 4855 1028 898 724 673 766 766
SPEQ descriptives, mean (SD)
Paranoia 12.06 (10.52) 12.24 (10.91) 12.12 (10.29) 10.83 (9.58) 11.62 (10.27) 13.12 (11.02) 12.24 (10.72)
Hallucinations 4.70 (6.09) 4.71 (5.96) 4.77 (6.22) 4.24 (5.99) 4.24 (5.66) 5.60 (6.58) 4.57 (5.99)
Cognitive disorganization 3.96 (2.86) 4.32 (2.86) 4.55 (2.87) 3.18 (2.68) 3.38 (2.76) 4.50 (2.90) 3.51 (2.70)
Grandiosity 5.37 (4.49) 4.94 (4.33) 4.68 (4.15) 5.95 (4.64) 5.99 (4.55) 4.93 (4.36) 6.11 (4.74)
Anhedonia (reversed) 16.71 (7.87) 14.98 (7.38) 15.36 (7.46) 18.69 (7.95) 18.98 (7.85) 14.98 (7.52) 18.55 (7.93)
Negative symptoms 2.82 (3.82) 2.53 (3.57) 2.68 (3.90) 2.75 (3.47) 3.08 (4.05) 2.44 (3.51) 3.57 (4.33)
Exposure frequencies
Being bullied 1282 (16.5) 258 (15.2) 193 (13.4) 240 (20.7) 200 (18.4) 174 (14.5) 217 (18.1)
Dependent stressful life events 885 (9.7) 171 (8.8) 197 (11.6) 127 (9.4) 112 (8.8) 140 (9.6) 138 (9.7)
Tobacco use 1714 (23.6) 337 (23.2) 324 (24.4) 226 (20.3) 231 (22.1) 314 (26.9) 282 (24.2)
Cannabis use 725 (10.0) 94 (6.5) 113 (8.6) 129 (11.4) 114 (11.0) 123 (10.5) 152 (13.2)
Low birth weight 1422 (15.0) 398 (19.8) 232 (13.3) 235 (16.7) 159 (12.0) 210 (14.0) 188 (12.5)
No. of exposures
0 5501 (56.7) 1114 (54.2) 1058 (58.9) 784 (54.1) 795 (59.1) 868 (56.7) 882 (57.6)
1 2861 (29.5) 690 (33.6) 505 (28.1) 451 (31.1) 366 (27.2) 440 (28.7) 409 (26.7)
2 958 (9.9) 196 (9.5) 164 (9.1) 146 (10.1) 119 (8.8) 161 (10.5) 172 (11.2)
3 313 (3.2) 48 (2.3) 52 (2.9) 55 (3.8) 52 (3.9) 53 (3.5) 53 (3.5)
4 73 (0.8) 8 (0.4) 15 (0.8) 11 (0.8) 14 (1.0) 10 (0.7) 15 (1.0)
5 4 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1)
Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden
No. of pairs 6435 1133 1225 834 1027 1108 1108
APSS descriptives, mean (SD)
Self-report APSS 1.13 (1.85) 1.22 (1.86) 1.23 (1.85) 0.99 (1.67) 1.02 (1.89) 1.22 (1.95) 0.98 (1.78)
Parent report APSS 0.14 (0.40) 0.14 (0.35) 0.15 (0.43) 0.16 (0.43) 0.16 (0.47) 0.11 (0.32) 0.12 (0.37)
Exposure frequencies
Being bullied 2450 (22.8) 426 (22.8) 481 (24.0) 297 (21.3) 353 (20.1) 478 (24.9) 415 (23.0)
Dependent life events 3154 (31.9) 602 (32.0) 740 (38.1) 270 (22.7) 366 (26.1) 756 (38.4) 420 (28.2)
Low birth weight 2393 (14.7) 556 (19.7) 435 (14.3) 340 (16.2) 335 (13.0) 431 (14.2) 296 (11.0)
Tobacco use 3373 (25.5) 550 (24.1) 642 (25.7) 373 (21.8) 547 (25.6) 691 (28.8) 570 (26.1)
Cannabis use 687 (5.2) 84 (3.7) 117 (4.7) 98 (5.7) 139 (6.5) 93 (3.9) 156 (7.1)
No. of exposures
0 8204 (47.9) 1324 (44.7) 1448 (45.1) 1126 (51.2) 1408 (52.1) 1429 (44.5) 1469 (51.6)
1 6337 (37.0) 1148 (38.8) 1236 (38.5) 817 (37.1) 924 (34.2) 1231 (38.4) 981 (34.4)
2 2110 (12.3) 404 (13.6) 418 (13.0) 214 (9.7) 308 (11.4) 438 (13.7) 328 (11.5)
3 441 (2.6) 78 (2.6) 97 (3.0) 43 (2.0) 60 (2.2) 98 (3.1) 65 (2.3)
4+ 44 (0.3) 7 (0.2) 13 (0.4) NAa (0.0) 5 (0.2) 12 (0.4) 6 (0.2)

Abbreviations: APSS, Adolescent Psychotic-Like Symptom Screener; DZF, dizygotic female twins; DZM, dizygotic male twins; DZOS, dizygotic opposite-sex twin pair; MZF, monozygotic female twins; MZM, monozygotic male twins; NA, not applicable; SPEQ, Specific Psychotic Experiences Questionnaire.

a

Frequency not shown due to low number.