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. 2006 Aug;47(4):601–610.

Table 3.

Correlation of personal genetic history* and 10 medically relevant quantitative traits

Quantitative trait Spearman ρ P
Body mass index -0.072 0.211
Systolic blood pressure -0.157 0.006
Diastolic blood pressure -0.091 0.113
Creatinine -0.079 0.170
Urate 0.017 0.770
Cholesterol -0.105 0.069
Triglycerides -0.035 0.543
HDL cholesterol 0.104 0.071
LDL cholesterol -0.061 0.288
Glucose -0.031 0.596

*Defined as ordered categorical variable according to increasing presumed individual genome-wide heterozygosity: 1 – inbred individual; 2 – autochthonous individual; 3 – admixed individual; 4 – outbred individual.