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. 2011 Oct 11;72(2):133–141. doi: 10.1159/000331220

Table 3.

Heritability estimates (with standard error, SE) for quantitative antibody level traits and discrete serostatus traits, including household effects

Pathogen Quantitative antibody level traits
Discrete serostatus traits
h2 ± SE p value (h2) c2 ± SE p value (c2) h2 ± SE p value (h2) c2 ± SE p value (c2)
C. pneumoniae 0.33 ± 0.06 2.7 × 10−11 0.06 ± 0.04 0.06 0.62 ± 0.18 2.1 × 10−5 0.10 ± 0.10 0.16
H. pylori 0.35 ± 0.06 6.0 × 10−15 0 0.50 0.45 ± 0.10 3.4 × 10−9 0 0.50
T. gondii 0.21 ± 0.05 1.3 × 10−6 0.11 ± 0.04 1.3 × 10−3 0.41 ± 0.94 1.3 × 10−3 0.01 ± 0.75 0.47
CMV 0.39 ± 0.06 1.3 × 10−14 0 0.50 0.60 ± 0.11 5.2 × 10−11 0 0.50
EBV 0.38 ± 0.06 2.7 × 10−12 0.05 ± 0.04 0.08 0.57 ± 0.11 2.1 × 10−8 0.09 ± 0.08 0.13
HSV-1 0.17 ± 0.06 1.7 × 10−4 0.15 ± 0.05 3.6 × 10−4 0.22 ± 0.13 0.02 0.05 ± 0.09 0.28
HSV-2 0.08 ± 0.05 0.05 0.21 ± 0.05 9.0 × 10−7 0 0.50 0.32 ± 0.09 1.4 × 10−4
HHV-6 0.28 ± 0.06 8.2 × 10−10 0.10 ± 0.04 3.0 × 10−3 0.11 ± 0.13 0.19 0.15 ± 0.11 0.09
VZV 0.22 ± 0.06 4.0 × 10−7 0.20 ± 0.04 1.0 × 10−7 0.23 ± 0.45 0.29 0.03 ± 0.25 0.45
Ad36 0.05 ± 0.04 0.06 0 0.50 0.14 ± 0.10 0.06 0 0.50
HAV 0.37 ± 0.06 2.7 × 10−12 0.01 ± 0.04 0.41 0.48 ± 0.11 3.0 × 10−8 0 0.50
Influenza A 0.26 ± 0.06 3.6 × 10−8 0.19 ± 0.04 2.2 × 10−6 0.19 ± 0.14 0.07 0.32 ± 0.11 1.1 × 10−3
Influenza B 0.20 ± 0.06 2.3 × 10−5 0.19 ± 0.04 2.1 × 10−6 0.27 ± 0.12 6.1 × 10−3 0.20 ± 0.09 9.0 × 10−3

h2 = Heritability; c2 = household effect.