Table 2 Cross-twin Cross-trait correlations for sensitivity, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, autistic traits, and subjective wellbeing.

From: Genetics of environmental sensitivity and its association with variations in emotional problems, autistic traits, and wellbeing

 

Correlation with

rMZ

MZ Cross-trait

rDZ

DZ Cross-trait

Sensitivity

0.46 (0.43, 0.51)

 

0.21 (0.16, 0.24)

 
 

 Anx

 

0.10 (0.08, 0.12)

 

0.07 (0.05, 0.09)

 

 Dep

 

0.22 (0.19, 0.26)

 

0.15 (0.13, 0.17)

 

 AUT

 

0.19 (0.17, 0.22)

 

0.12 (0.10, 0.14)

 

 Well

 

−0.18 (−0.13, −0.21)

 

−0.12 (−0.09, −0.15)

Anxiety symptoms

0.72 (0.71, 0.73)

 

0.45 (0.44, 0.48)

 
 

 Dep

 

0.16 (0.14, 0.18)

 

0.10 (0.09, 0.12)

 

 AUT

 

0.18 (0.17, 0.20)

 

0.10 (0.08, 0.12)

 

 Well

 

−0.18 (−0.21, −0.16)

 

−0.12 (−0.09, −0.15)

Depressive symptoms

0.42 (0.40, 0.44)

 

0.27 (0.25, 0.30)

 
 

 AUT

 

0.19 (0.17, 0.21)

 

0.12 (0.10, 0.13)

 

 Well

 

−0.32 (−0.34, −0.30)

 

−0.22 (−0.19, −0.24)

Autistic traits

0.53 (0.51, 0.55)

 

0.21 (0.19, 0.22)

 
 

 Well

 

−0.24 (−0.26, −0.20)

 

−0.10 (−0.09, −0.13)

Subjective wellbeing

0.53 (0.51, 0.57)

 

0.30 (0.27, 0.34)

 
  1. Anx anxiety symptoms, AUT autistic traits, Dep depressive symptoms, Well subjective wellbeing, rMZ monozygotic (MZ) twin correlations, rDZ dizygotic (DZ) twin correlation, numbers in parentheses represent 95% confidence intervals.
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