TABLE 2.

Heritability estimates for lipid related traits

Quantitative Traits	Heritability (h ± SD), (P-value)
Large VLDL particle concentration (mg/dl)	0.56 ± 0.14, (0.00008)
VLDL mean particle size (nm)	0.29 ± 0.14, (0.02)
Small LDL particle concentration (mg/dl)	0.54 ± 0.15, (0.0003)
LDL mean particle size (nm)	0.46 ± 0.15, (0.002)
Large HDL concentration (mg/dl)	0.33 ± 0.16, (0.02)
HDL mean particle size (nm)	0.41 ± 0.17, (0.007)
Triglyceride concentration (mg/dl)	0.37 ± 0.11, (0.00046)