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. 2012 Dec 7;91(6):1011–1021. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.10.010

Table 1.

Analysis of WTCCC Traits

Trait or Study Total Heritabilityhˆ2(SD)
Chromosome 6 Heritabilityhˆ62(SD)
Standard Weighted Difference Standard Weighted Difference
Bipolar disease 59 (6) 69 (8) +10 4 (2) 5 (2) 0
Coronary artery disease 39 (6) 41 (8) +3 2 (2) 1 (2) −1
Crohn disease 54 (6) 58 (8) +5 5 (2) 6 (2) +1
Hypertension 42 (6) 52 (8) +10 5 (2) 8 (2) +4
Rheumatoid arthritis 57 (6) 52 (8) −6 19 (2) 17 (2) −2
Type 1 diabetes 73 (6) 74 (8) 0 37 (2) 35 (2) −2
Type 2 diabetes 35 (6) 44 (8) +9 4 (2) 5 (2) +1
Pseudo case-control study 11 (10) 7 (14) −4 0 (2) 1 (3) +1

The variance explained by all SNPs and by just those on chromosome 6 with the use of both the standard and the weighted kinship matrix for the seven traits and the pseudo case-control study. The SD is the value given by the GCTA software.