Table 4.

Heritability for a number of traits in Sami*

Trait	Heritability†
Fasting blood glucose	0.34‡
BMI	0.44‡
Body stature	0.90‡
Diastolic blood pressure	0.26‡/0.30§
Systolic blood pressure	0.13‡/0.16§
HDL	0.43‡/0.46§
LDL	0.52‡/0.52§
Serum total cholesterol	0.44‡/0.49§
Triglycerides	0.37‡/0.41§

*Abbreviation: BMI – body mass index; HDL – high-density lipoprotein; LDL – low-density lipoprotein.

^†Preliminary analyses of heritability were calculated for 121 families consisting of a total of 427 individuals of Sami origin.

^‡Sex and age were used as covariates.

§Sex, age, and BMI were used as covariates.