TABLE 3.
Variance components from univariate GCE model for anthropometrics and cardiometabolic disease components
| Proportion of variance (95% CIs) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Genetic | Common Environmental | Unique Environmental | |
| Anthropometrics | |||
| Weighta | 0.62 (0.40, 0.76) | 0.26 (0.11, 0.48) | 0.13 (0.08, 0.21) |
| Height | 0.91 (0.84, 0.09) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.07) | 0.09 (0.05, 0.13) |
| BMIa | 0.50 (0.24, 0.69) | 0.33 (0.14, 0.60) | 0.17 (0.10, 0.27) |
| WCb | 0.57 (0.32, 0.73) | 0.23 (0.04, 0.48) | 0.20 (0.13, 0.33) |
| Blood pressure | |||
| SBPa | 0.45 (0.14, 0.66) | 0.30 (0.06, 0.62) | 0.25 (0.16, 0.40) |
| DBP | 0.38 (0.07, 0.61) | 0.24 (0.00, 0.58) | 0.38 (0.24, 0.60) |
| Plasma glucose and insulin | |||
| FGa | 0.43 (0.21, 0.61) | 0.42 (0.23, 0.65) | 0.15 (0.09, 0.25) |
| FI | 0.48 (0.21, 0.67) | 0.22 (0.00, 0.52) | 0.30 (0.18, 0.53) |
| HOMA-IRa | 0.52 (0.24, 0.71) | 0.22 (0.00, 0.52) | 0.26 (0.15, 0.45) |
| Plasma lipids | |||
| TCa | 0.73 (0.50, 0.84) | 0.06 (0.00, 0.30) | 0.21 (0.13, 0.33) |
| VLDLa | 0.65 (0.37, 0.78) | 0.05 (0.00, 0.33) | 0.30 (0.19, 0.45) |
| LDLa | 0.77 (0.58, 0.85) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.20) | 0.23 (0.14, 0.34) |
| HDL | 0.56 (0.25, 0.75) | 0.15 (0.00, 0.47) | 0.29 (0.18, 0.45) |
| TGa | 0.65 (0.38, 0.79) | 0.06 (0.00, 0.34) | 0.29 (0.19, 0.45) |
BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FG, fasting plasma glucose; FI, fasting plasma insulin; HDL, fasting plasma HDL; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; LDL, fasting plasma LDL; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, fasting plasma total cholesterol; TG, fasting plasma triglycerides; VLDL, fasting plasma VLDL; WC, waist circumference.
a
Variable was transformed by multiplying by the natural log of the variable by 100.
b
Variable was transformed by a Blom transformation.