Table 2.

Genetic (ρ_g) and environmental (ρ_e) correlations between liability of incident Type 2 diabetes and anthropometric indexes^*

Anthropometric index	Heritability		Genetic correlation		Environmental correlation
	h2r	P	ρg (se)	P	ρe (se)	P
Skinfold Thickness
Biceps	0.51	8.6×10−14	0.20 (0.16)	0.2126	0.47 (0.10)	3.11×10−6
Forearm	0.49	1.1×10−13	0.08 (0.16)	0.6086	0.38 (0.12)	0.0014
Triceps	0.53	7.7×10−15	0.07 (0.14)	0.6117	0.40 (0.13)	0.0023
Subscapular	0.51	2.4×10−13	0.31 (0.17)	0.0631	0.25 (0.07)	0.0001
Abdominal	0.48	3.1×10−10	0.28 (0.18)	0.1205	0.34 (0.09)	8.58×10−5
Suprailiac	0.53	1.0×10−11	0.30 (0.17)	0.0787	0.38 (0.08)	3.04×10−6
Medial Calf	0.46	3.0×10−12	−0.14 (0.17)	0.4081	0.73 (0.19)	9.13×10−5
Lateral Calf	0.44	4.5×10−10	−0.13 (0.17)	0.4523	0.32 (0.28)	0.2598
Circumferences
Waist	0.62	1.2×10−15	0.45 (0.16)	0.0058	0.23 (0.04)	2.05×10−7
Hip	0.68	2.0×10−19	0.20 (0.15)	0.1849	0.46 (0.11)	1.37×10−5
Ratios
BMI	0.59	2.7×10−16	0.28 (0.15)	0.0638	0.48 (0.09)	3.23×10−7
Waist–hip ratio	0.24	2.2×10−4	0.55 (0.18)	0.0025	0.32 (0.06)	4.28×10−7
Waist–height ratio	0.59	2.1×10−16	0.44 (0.14)	0.0021	0.36 (0.06)	1.19×10−8
Subscapular–triceps ratio	0.44	1.6×10−11	0.25 (0.15)	0.1013	−0.26 (1.20)	0.8290
Others
Weight	0.63	5.6×10−19	0.23 (0.14)	0.1038	0.48 (0.10)	4.77×10−6
Height	0.99	9.3×10−38	0.06†	1.0000	−0.28 (1.05)	0.7896

^*All analyses were adjusted for age, sex, age², age × sex interaction and age² × sex interaction.

^†SE could not be estimated.