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Table 3 Twin correlations

From: A longitudinal twin study of the association between childhood autistic traits and psychotic experiences in adolescence

Cross-twin correlations

 

MZM

DZM

MZF

DZF

DZOS

 

Estimate

95 % CI

Estimate

95 % CI

Estimate

95 % CI

Estimate

95 % CI

Estimate

95 % CI

Autistic traits age 8

.83

.81/.85

.37

.35/.39

.79

.76/.82

.45

.40/.49

.48

.44/.49

Autistic traits age 12

.79

.77/.82

.32

.29/.35

.76

.73/.79

.51

.47/.55

.41

.38/.45

Autistic traits age 14

.91

.88/.93

.54

.51/.56

.88

.85/.89

.62

.60/.66

.51

.47/.55

Autistic traits age 16

.92

.90/.95

.51

.48/.55

.82

.80/.87

.58

.55/.61

.46

.44/.50

Anhedonia

.37

.31/.39

.19

.18/.22

.45

.42/.46

.17

.13/.19

.14

.12/.15

Negative symptoms

.80

.78/.82

.59

.55/.60

.81

.78/.82

.52

.47/.54

.47

.44/.48

Cross-trait cross-twin correlations

 

MZM

DZM

MZF

DZF

DZOS

 

Estimate

95 % CI

Estimate

95 % CI

Estimate

95 % CI

Estimate

95 % CI

Estimate

95 % CI

Autistic traits age 8—anhedonia

.18

.15/.22

.07

.03/.10

.22

.19/.23

.03

.01/.05

.08

.05/.09

Autistic traits age 12—anhedonia

.20

.17/.23

.00

−.05/.04

.23

.19/.26

.07

.03/.09

.11

.05/.13

Autistic traits age 14—anhedonia

.24

.15/.27

.16

.09/.20

.32

.21/.34

.12

.08/.15

.14

.04/.17

Autistic traits age 16—anhedonia

.28

.24/.29

.15

.09/.17

.31

.29/.33

.11

.06/.12

.11

.09/.13

Autistic traits age 8—negative symptoms

.22

.19/.23

.18

.15/.19

.24

.21/.25

.19

.15/.22

.20

.18/.22

Autistic traits age 12—negative symptoms

.34

.31/.35

.24

.22/.25

.29

.27/.31

.19

.17/.22

.19

.15/.22

Autistic traits age 14—negative symptoms

.37

.31/.44

.30

.22/.36

.32

.23/.36

.25

.18/.29

.24

.21/.27

Autistic traits age 16—negative symptoms

.43

.42/.45

.31

.29/.34

.36

.34/.38

.30

.28/.36

.21

.19/.23

  1. MZM monozygotic male, DZM dizygotic male, MZF monozygotic female, DZF dizygotic female, DZOS dizygotic opposite sex