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Table 3 Univariate variance estimates of additive genetic (A), dominant genetic (D), common environmental (C) and unique environmental (E) contributions to habitual physical activity and the intensity and duration of the activities performed

From: Heritability and genetic etiology of habitual physical activity: a twin study with objective measures

 

Model fit

A

95 % CI

D

95 % CI

C

95 % CI

E

95 % CI

AIC

HPA

 ACE

0.54

0.00

0.74

–

–

–

0.03

0.00

0.61

0.43

0.26

0.70

83.11

 AE

0.57

0.32

0.74

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.43

0.26

0.69

81.12

 CE

–

–

 

–

–

–

0.47

0.23

0.65

0.53

0.35

0.77

82.84

 E

–

–

 

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

94.03

Low

 ACE

  Male

0.38

0.11

0.38

–

–

–

0.00

0.00

0.05

0.62

0.62

0.82

−817.92

  Female

0.72

0.22

0.72

–

–

–

0.00

0.00

0.08

0.28

0.13

0.60

 

 AE

  Male

0.38

0.18

0.59

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.62

0.41

0.82

−819.92

  Female

0.72

0.40

0.87

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.28

0.13

0.60

 

 CE

  Male

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.24

0.07

0.46

0.76

0.54

0.93

−813.94

  Female

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.43

0.14

0.66

0.57

0.34

0.86

 

 E

  Male

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

−804.99

  Female

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

 

 ADE

  Male

0.00

0.00

0.54

0.38

0.00

0.58

–

–

–

0.62

0.42

0.80

−819.58

  Female

0.00

0.00

0.84

0.74

0.00

0.87

–

–

–

0.26

0.15

0.54

 

Moderate

 ACE

0.55

0.00

0.73

–

–

–

–

0.00

0.59

0.45

0.27

0.70

−34.36

 AE

0.55

0.30

0.73

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.45

0.27

0.70

−34.36

 CE

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.46

0.22

0.64

0.54

0.36

0.78

−34.29

 E

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

−23.52

 ADE

0.27

0.00

0.72

0.29

0.00

0.73

–

–

–

0.44

0.27

0.70

−34.44

High

 ACE

0.47

0.00

0.72

–

–

–

0.00

0.00

0.30

0.53

0.28

0.88

38.48

 AE

0.47

0.12

0.72

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.53

0.28

0.88

36.48

 CE

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.23

0.00

0.47

0.77

0.53

1.00

40.28

 E

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

41.30

 ADE

0.00

0.00

0.65

0.55

0.00

0.74

–

–

–

0.45

0.26

0.79

36.34

 

Compared with ACE model

−2LL

df

Δχ 2

df

Δ AIC

P value

HPA

 ACE

287.11

102

–

–

–

–

 AE

287.12

103

0.00

1

−2.00

0.95

 CE

288.49

103

1.74

1

−0.26

0.19

 E

302.03

104

14.92

2

10.92

0.001

Low

 ACE

  Male

−615.92

101

–

–

–

–

  Female

      

 AE

  Male

−615.92

102

0

1

−2.00

1

  Female

      

 CE

  Male

−609.94

102

5.99

1

3.99

0.01

  Female

      

 E

  Male

−596.99

103

18.94

3

12.94

0

  Female

      

 ADE

  Male

−617.58

101

–

–

–

–

  Female

      

Moderate

 ACE

169.64

102

–

–

–

–

 AE

169.64

103

0

1

−2.00

1

 CE

171.71

103

2.07

1

0.07

0.15

 E

184.49

104

14.85

2

10.85

0.001

 ADE

169.56

102

–

–

–

–

High

 ACE

242.48

102

    

 AE

242.48

103

0

1

−2.00

1

 CE

246.28

103

3.80

1

1.80

0.05

 E

249.30

104

6.82

2

2.82

0.03

 ADE

240.34

102

–

–

–

–

  1. A, D, C and E, the variance explained by additive and dominant genetic, common and unique environmental variance, respectively; Estimates include sex and age as covariates. HPA habitual physical activity; Low, Moderate and High, time spent on low-, moderate- and high-intensity physical activity, respectively; −2LL −2 log likelihood; AIC Akaike’s information criterion