Table 3 Polychoric correlations with their 95% confidence intervals for depression according to zygosity

From: A continuum of genetic liability for minor and major depression

Depression classification

Aged

TE

 

MZ

DZ

MZ

DZ

Non-depressed, minor depression

0.37 (0.17–0.56)

0.21 (−0.04–0.45)

0.05 (−0.22–0.31)

0.17 (−0.04–0.39)

Non-depressed, major depression

0.46 (−0.01–0.93)

0.49 (0.41–0.58)

0.19 (0.10–0.28)

Non-depressed, minor or major depression

0.49 (0.33–0.64)

0.25 (0.05–0.46)

0.43 (0.34–0.51)

0.18 (0.10–0.27)

Non-depressed, minor depression, major depression

0.48 (0.33–0.62)

0.24 (0.04–0.43)

0.43 (0.35–0.51)

0.17 (0.09–0.25)

  1. Abbreviations: DZ, dizygotic; MZ, monozygotic; TE, Twin 89 cohort.
  2. Aged: over 50’s (aged) cohort.