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. 2015 Oct 9;11(10):e1005573. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005573

Table 1. Parent-of-origin effects of APOB SNP rs1367117 a on adiposity and glycemic traits.

  Maternally-derived effect Paternally-derived effect
Phenotype No. of probands Beta SE b p-value Beta SE b p-value P-value for maternal vs. paternal effects
BMI, kg/m 2                
JPS (discovery) 1235 1.437 0.527 0.0065 0.005 0.511 0.9927 0.0856
FHS 2228 0.791 0.250 0.0015 -0.219 0.242 0.3650 0.0033
FamHS 773 1.319 0.436 0.0025 -0.197 0.428 0.6455 0.0112
ERF 622 -0.288 0.414 0.4863 0.340 0.413 0.4107 0.2791
Combined (Z based) 4858 7.8x10-6 0.6185 0.0005
Combined (inverse variance based) 4858 0.752 0.180 3.1x10-5 -0.087 0.176 0.6204
Waist circumference, cm
JPS (discovery) 1235 3.822 1.270 0.0027 -0.646 1.249 0.6049 0.0260
FHS 2225 2.231 0.649 0.0006 -0.244 0.632 0.6995 0.0056
FamHS 773 3.911 1.187 0.0010 0.279 1.161 0.8101 0.0254
ERF 631 -3.037 3.110 0.3289 -0.834 3.084 0.7868 0.6111
Combined (Z based) 4864 1.6x10-6 0.6007 0.0010
Combined (inverse variance based) 4864 2.660 0.512 2.1x10-7 -0.227 0.501 0.6502
Fasting glucose, mg/dL
JPS (discovery) 1068 0.342 1.160 0.7682 -0.757 0.984 0.4417 0.5156
FHS 2153 1.315 0.382 0.0006 -0.523 0.380 0.1694 0.0005
FamHS 761 0.036 0.653 0.9560 -1.070 0.681 0.1163 0.2425
ERF 608 0.128 1.062 0.9041 0.279 1.050 0.7905 0.9208
Combined (Z based) 4590 0.0102 -0.522 0.0636 0.0127
Combined (inverse variance based) 4590 0.875 0.304 0.0040 -0.586 0.301 0.0520
Fasting insulin, mU/mL (natural log transformed)
JPS (discovery) 1102 0.104 0.059 0.0790 -0.038 0.066 0.5585 0.1640
FHS 1960 0.051 0.024 0.0356 0.004 0.027 0.8823 0.1597
FamHS 761 0.129 0.046 0.0049 -0.006 0.049 0.9016 0.0321
ERF 510 0.012 0.044 0.7856 0.017 0.044 0.6999 0.9376
Combined (Z based) 4333 0.0004 0.004 0.6347 0.0745
Combined (inverse variance based) 4333 0.062 0.018 0.0007 0.001 0.020 0.9566

JPS, Jerusalem Perinatal Study; FHS, Framingham Heart Study; FamHS, Family Heart Study; ERF, Erasmus Rucphen Family

a Minor allele frequency (MAF) of SNP rs1367117 across studies: JPS 0.2, FHS 0.31, FamHS 0.34 (imputed data, R2 = 0.925), ERF 0.31.

b Standard errors (SEs) were calculated directly in JPS; in the other studies SEs were estimated by converting p-values into a z-statistic and setting: SE = beta/z.