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Table 2 Number of cases, concordant measures and intraclass correlations for the study measures

From: The relationships between IBS and perceptions of physical and mental health—a Norwegian twin study

Measure

Cases, N (%)

Concordant* pairs, n (%)

Discordant **pairs, n (%)

Probandwise concordance rate, % (95% CI)

Intraclass correlations (95% CI)

Total

m

f

MZ

DZ

MZ

DZ

MZ

DZ

MZ

DZ

++

− −

++

− −

SRH

             

 Physical

987 (18.8)

396 (17.2)

591 (20.1)

81 (8.1)

677 (67.6)

33 (3.6)

618 (67.0)

225 (22.5)

256 (27.7)

41.2 (35.7;48.0)

20.5 (14.6;26.4)

0.48 (0.43;0.52)

0.07 (0.01;0.13)

 Mental

376 (7.3)

134 (6.0)

242 (8.4)

17 (1.7)

821 (81.9)

6 (0.7)

753 (81.6)

115 (11.5)

101 (10.9)

22.8 (13.8;31.8)

10.6 (2.8;18.4)

0.39 (0.33;0.44)

0.14 (0.08;0.20)

Health hinders activities

             

 Physical

742 (14.5)

281 (12.6)

461 (16.1)

42 (4.2)

699 (69.8)

26 (2.8)

645 (69.9)

188 (18.8)

187 (20.3)

30.9 (23.7;38.0)

21.8 (14.8;28.7)

0.38 (0.32;0.43)

0.20 (0.14;0.26)

 Mental

326 (6.5)

123 (5.6)

203 (7.2)

49 (4.9)

786 (78.4)

5 (0.5)

738 (80.0)

106 (10.6)

76 (8.2)

11.7 (3.8;19.5)

11.6 (2.3;20.9)

0.17 (0.11;0.23)

0.23 (0.17;0.29)

IBS

575 (10.9)

174 (7.5)

401 (13.5)

 

29 (2.9)

 

15 (1.6)

168 (16.8)

175 (19.0)

25.7 (18.1;33.2)

14.6 (8.0;21.2)

0.35 (0.29;0.40)

0.10 (0.04;0.17)

  1. *A twin pair was considered to be concordant for a health measure if both twins scored either 0 or 1 on the respective measure.
  2. **Discordance for SRH and the measures of health interfering with daily activities was based on the respective dichotomized measures