Table 2.

Estimated heritability (h²) of renal sinus fat in the Framingham Offspring and Third Generation Cohorts

	Whole Sample*		Women*		Men*
Renal sinus fat phenotype	h2	Standard Error	h2	Standard Error	h2	Standard Error
Age-adjusted**	0.39	0.04	0.47	0.08	0.51	0.08
Age-BMI adjusted**	0.39	0.04	0.44	0.08	0.49	0.08
Age-VAT adjusted**	0.40	0.04	0.43	0.08	0.55	0.08

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; VAT = abdominal visceral adipose tissue

* Whole sample N = 2946; women only sample N = 1489; men only sample N = 1457

** All p-value < 0.0001