Table 3.
Heritability of Pharyngometry Measures in African-Americans
| Miximum CSA |
Mean CSA |
Minimum CSA |
Proximal Minimum CSA |
Distal Minimum CSA |
Relative Maximum Location |
Length | Volume | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, sex adjusted | ||||||||
| Heritability | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.08 |
| P-value | 0.03 | 0.01 | <0.001 | 0.01 | <0.001 | 0.50 | 0.08 | 0.16 |
| Age, sex, BMI-adjusted | ||||||||
| Heritability | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.37 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.06 |
| P-value | 0.04 | 0.01 | <0.001 | 0.01 | <0.001 | 0.46 | 0.09 | 0.26 |
| Age, sex, neck circumference-adjusted | ||||||||
| Heritability | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.39 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.07 |
| P-value | 0.04 | 0.01 | <0.001 | 0.01 | <0.001 | 0.43 | 0.08 | 0.23 |
BMI: body mass index; CSA: cross-sectional area.