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PMID
2712815
TITLE
Factor and simplex models for repeated measures: application to two psychomotor measures of alcohol sensitivity in twins.
ABSTRACT
As part of a larger study, data on arithmetic computation and motor coordination were obtained from 206 twin pairs. The twins were measured once before and three times after ingesting a standard dose of alcohol. Previous analyses ignored the time-series structure of these data. Here we illustrate the application of simplex models for the genetic analysis of covariance structures in a repeated-measures design and compare the results with factor models for the two psychomotor measures. We then present a bivariate analysis incorporating simplex processes common and specific to the two measures. Our analyses confirm the notion that there is genetic variation affecting psychomotor performance which is "switched on" in the presence of alcohol. We compare the merits of analysis of mean products versus covariance matrices and confront some practical problems that may arise in situations where the number of subjects is relatively small and where the causal structure among the latent variables places a heavy demand on the data.
DATE PUBLISHED
1989 Jan
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 1989/01/01
medline 1989/01/01 00:01
entrez 1989/01/01 00:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Boomsma DI Boomsma D I DI
Martin NG Martin N G NG
Molenaar PC Molenaar P C PC
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 19
ISSUE: 1
TITLE: Behavior genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Behav. Genet.
YEAR: 1989
MONTH: Jan
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0001-8244
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Behav Genet
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 0001-8244
NLMUNIQUEID: 0251711
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
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GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adolescent
Adult
Alcoholic Intoxication genetics
Computer Simulation genetics
Diseases in Twins genetics
Female genetics
Humans genetics
Male genetics
Models, Genetic genetics
Psychomotor Performance drug effects
Software drug effects
Twins, Dizygotic psychology
Twins, Monozygotic psychology
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CHEMICALS
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