Table 2.
Heritability estimates of quantitative traits in 498 individuals from 26 pedigrees
| Phenotype | Heritability ± SE* |
|---|---|
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| |
| Height | 0.72 ± 0.09 |
|
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| Weight | 0.40 ± 0.09 |
|
| |
| BMI | 0.44 ± 0.09 |
|
| |
| Waist | 0.28 ± 0.09 |
|
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| Hip | 0.37 ± 0.10 |
|
| |
| Waist to hip ratio | 0.21 ± 0.09 |
|
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| BP systolic | 0.33 ± 0.09 |
|
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| BP diastolic | 0.35 ± 0.10 |
|
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| Cholesterol | 0.40 ± 0.09 |
|
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| Triglycerides | 0.22 ± 0.09 |
|
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| LDL | 0.58 ± 0.10 |
|
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| HDL | 0.39 ± 0.10 |
|
| |
| Cholesterol to HDL ratio | 0.40 ± 0.09 |
|
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| Fasting blood sugar: | |
| All data | 0.24 ± 0.08 |
| Trimmed data | 0.28 ± 0.09** |
| Adjusting for diabetes | 0.11 ± 0.07 |
| Adjusting for treatment | 0.13 ± 0.08 |
|
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| HbA1c: | |
| All data | 0.36 ± 0.08 |
| Trimmed data | 0.37 ± 0.09** |
| Adjusting for diabetes | 0.26 ± 0.08 |
| Adjusting for treatment | 0.23 ± 0.08 |
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| Fasting insulin: | |
| All data | 0.40 ± 0.09 |
| Trimmed data | 0.37 ± 0.10** |
| Adjusting for diabetes | 0.41 ± 0.09 |
| Adjusting for treatment | 0.40 ± 0.09 |
*
All estimates were statistically significant (p<0.001)
**
Trimmed quantitative trait where all observations >2.5 standard deviations from the sample mean were censored.