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. 2014 Jan 3;275(6):631–639. doi: 10.1111/joim.12177

Table 4.

Age and lifestyle moderating effects (βa and βe) on variance components of CHD

Men Women
Moderating effect on genetic component (95% CI) Moderating effect on environmental component (95% CI) Moderating effect on genetic component (95% CI) Moderating effect on environmental component (95% CI)
Age 0.31 (0.27, 0.31) 0.45 (0.41, 0.46) 0.23 (0.19, 0.24) 0.45 (0.37, 0.45)
Smoking 0.06 (−0.06, 0.19) 0.26 (0.12, 0.40) −0.12 (−0.24, 0.01) −0.22 (−0.32, −0.10)
Sedentary lifestyle 0.03 (−0.15, 0.25) −0.10 (−0.29, 0.12) 0.24 (−0.01, 0.53) 0.01 (−0.24, 0.30)
Alcohol consumption −0.15 (−0.27, −0.01) −0.08 (−0.22, 0.07) 0.12 (−0.32, 0.36) −0.34 (−0.55, 0.06)
BMI 0.07 (0.03, 0.11) 0.26 (0.20, 0.33) 0.05 (0.00, 0.09) 0.33 (0.24, 0.38)

CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index.

Moderating effect on genetic component is βa, and moderating effect on environmental component is βe.