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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Oct 28;52(18):1468–1481. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.047

Table 3. Heritability of “intermediate” traits in twin pair.

Heritability (h2=VG/VP, or the fraction of phenotypic variance accounted for by genetic variance) was determined by variance components analysis in SOLAR

Trait h2 as % (± SEM) P value
Biochemical
   Plasma CHGA116–439 (precursor) 45±12% p<0.0001
Physiological
   Cold stress final SBP 29±8% p<0.0001