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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Hum Genet. 2010 Jul;74(4):308–315. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2010.00589.x

Table 2.

Estimates (%) of heritability (h2, diagonal in bold), genetic correlation (ρg, above the diagonal), and environmental correlation (ρe, below the diagonal).

Trait T2D BMI WHR TC LDL-C HDL-C TG
T2D 11.21 76.96*** 7.94 −8.05 −14.02 −12.25 44.48
BMI 17.90 51.39*** 61.10*** 0.96 10.08 −25.68* 11.10
WHR 41.35*** 39.17*** 39.56*** 13.92 16.35 −20.03 29.51*
TC 11.53 6.30 4.54 55.40*** 94.36*** 30.73** 36.43**
LDL-C 3.51 3.40 2.71 91.84*** 52.96*** 12.72 16.79
HDL-C −10.33 −18.66 −18.09* 6.57 −8.80 51.12*** −26.47*
TG 28.08*** 23.73** 22.04** 39.85*** 27.23** −47.49*** 41.31***
*

P< 0.05

**

P< 0.01

***

P<0.001

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