Table 5 Results of multiple GEEs analyses with 14 months and 24 months parent-reported measures as outcome variables, the age, sex, and looking measures measured at 5 months as predictors, and twin pair identification as cluster-defining variable

From: Infants’ looking preferences for social versus non-social objects reflect genetic variation

ECBQ self-regulation at 14 months

β

s.e.

95% CI

Uncorrected P value

FDR threshold

Age (in days, scaled)

−0.08

0.06

−0.19 to 0.03

0.159

0.01

Sex (reference level: female)

0.06

0.12

−0.17 to 0.29

0.608

0.04

Face orienting (proportion of first look at the face)

0.07

0.05

−0.04 to 0.17

0.215

0.02

Preference for face (proportion on face)

<0.01

0.06

−0.11 to 0.11

0.935

0.05

No. of objects explored (in 0–10 s)

0.04

0.05

−0.05 to 0.14

0.377

0.03

ECBQ self-regulation at 24 months

β

s.e.

95% CI

Uncorrected P value

FDR threshold

Age (in days, scaled)

0.05

0.07

−0.09 to 0.19

0.475

0.03

Sex (reference level: female)

0.38

0.13

0.63 to0.13

0.003

0.01

Face orienting (proportion of first look at the face)

0.06

0.06

−0.04 to 0.17

0.248

0.02

Face preference (proportion on face)

0.04

0.06

−0.08 to 0.15

0.548

0.05

No. of objects explored (in 0–10 s)

0.03

0.05

−0.07 to 0.14

0.530

0.04

ITC social communication at 14 months

β

s.e.

95% CI

Uncorrected P value

FDR threshold

Age (in days, scaled)

0.07

0.07

−0.07 to 0.21

0.348

0.04

Sex (reference level: female)

−0.27

0.12

−0.51 to −0.03

0.030

0.02

Face orienting (proportion of first look at the face)

−0.01

0.06

−0.12 to 0.11

0.918

0.05

Face preference (proportion on face)

0.13

0.06

0.02 to 0.24

0.026

0.01

No. of objects explored (in 0–10 s)

0.10

0.05

0.01 to 0.20

0.031

0.03

CDI receptive vocabulary at 14 months

β

s.e.

95% CI

Uncorrected P value

FDR threshold

Age (in days, scaled)

0.15

0.06

0.04 to 0.27

0.007

0.01

Sex (reference level: female)

−0.34

0.13

0.59 to0.09

0.008

0.02

Face orienting (proportion of first look at the face)

−0.01

0.05

−0.11 to 0.08

0.809

0.05

Face preference (proportion on face)

0.14

0.06

0.03 to 0.25

0.014

0.03

No. of objects explored (in 0–10 s)

0.07

0.05

−0.02 to 0.16

0.142

0.04

CDI expressive vocabulary at 24 months

β

s.e.

95% CI

Uncorrected P value

FDR threshold

Age (in days, scaled)

0.21

0.05

0.11 to 0.31

<0.001

0.02

Sex (reference level: female)

0.58

0.14

0.85 to0.32

<0.001

0.01

Face orienting (proportion of first look at the face)

−0.01

0.05

−0.11 to 0.09

0.872

0.05

Face preference (proportion on face)

0.04

0.06

−0.08 to 0.15

0.550

0.04

No. of objects explored (in 0–10 s)

0.10

0.05

<0.01 to 0.20

0.046

0.03

  1. For each model, all predictors were entered together; hence statistics represent unique contributions for each predictor. Adjustments were made for multiple comparisons using the FDR step-up approach. s.e., standard error.
  2. In bold: significant predictors (P threshold in the FDR threshold column).