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. 2014 Dec 10;9(12):e114128. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114128

Table 2. Estimated genetic variance explained by eQTL SNPs and non-eQTL SNPs.

h2 Ref eQTLs (n = 25,658) Non-eQTL SNPs (n = 1.7 million)
Vg Vp Vg/Vp Vg Vp Vg/Vp
GLU0 0.52–0.65 [41] 1.71±0.96 90.13±1.50 1.9±1.1 0.27±3.08 90.72±1.49 0.2±3.4
ALB 0.48–0.82 [44] 0.00±0.00 0.08±0.00 0.0±0.9 0.007±0.003 0.081±0.001 9.1±3.5
BUN 0.27±0.10 8.02±0.13 3.4±1.2 0.32±0.28 8.02±0.13 4.0±3.4
GGT 30 [45] 0.46±0.84 71.69±1.28 0.6±1.2 4.87±2.87 71.69±1.28 6.8±4.0
AST 43 [45] 0.42±0.29 27.24±0.46 1.5±1.0 0.83±0.96 27.24±0.46 3.1±3.5
ALT 40 [45] 1.55±0.94 85.15±1.44 1.8±1.1 7.54±3.07 85.15±1.46 8.9±3.5
HDLC 0.68–0.86 [41] 1.04±1.08 70.52±1.47 1.5±1.5 4.19±3.88 70.52±1.47 5.9±5.5
LDLC 0.37 [42] 26.23±9.22 673.72±12.39 3.9±1.4 99.13±29.70 673.80±12.39 15.7±4.4
Tchol 0.26 [43] 19.19±9.89 781.03±14.19 2.5±1.3 113.77±33.40 781.06±14.20 14.6±4.2
TG 0.39–0.53 [41] 16.17±16.48 1250.96±24.29 1.3±1.3 1.60±57.07 1250.98±24.28 0.1±4.6

Note. H2: previously reported heritability of the trait, Vg: estimated genetic variance, Vp: estimated phenotypic variance, Vg/Vp: percent of estimated genetic variance explained by SNPs for each trait.