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. 2016 Sep 12;11(9):e0162805. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162805

Table 5. Parameter estimates and 95% CIs for the best fitting bivariate models for Chinese twins.

Traits Time 1 Time 2 Covariance Correlation
a2 c2 e2 a2 c2 e2 a2 c2 e2 rg rc re
TC 0.80 (0.73–0.85) 0.20 (0.15–0.27) 0.77 (0.68–0.83) 0.23 (0.17–0.32) 0.95 (0.87–1.00) 0.05 (0.00–0.13) 0.75 (0.66–0.83) 0.15 (0.00–0.32)
TG 0.61 (0.50–0.70) 0.39 (0.30–0.49) 0.78 (0.70–0.84) 0.22 (0.16–0.30) 0.93 (0.80–1.00) 0.07 (0.00–0.19) 0.67 (0.69–0.75) 0.13 (0.00–0.30)
HDL 0.38 (0.19–0.67) 0.44 (0.16–0.63) 0.18 (0.13–0.24) 0.32 (0.09–0.64) 0.45 (0.14–0.66) 0.23 (0.17–0.32) 0.72 (0.33–1.00) 0.28 (0.00–0.67) 0.85 (0.42–1.00) 0.25 (0.00–0.62)
LDL 0.47 (0.22–0.74) 0.28 (0.02–0.52) 0.25 (0.18–0.33) 0.47 (0.25–0.76) 0.21 (0.00–0.44) 0.32 (0.23–0.41) 0.87 (0.50–1.00) 0.13 (0.00–0.50) 1.00 (0.69–1.00) 0.28 (0.00–1.00)
GLU 0.68 (0.58–0.75) 0.32 (0.25–0.42) 0.72 (0.64–0.79) 0.28 (0.21–0.36) 1.00 (0.95–1.00) 0.00 (0.00–0.05) 0.96 (0.89–1.00) 0.00 (0.00–0.11)
WT 0.86 (0.80–0.90) 0.14 (0.14–0.20) 0.83 (0.76–0.87) 0.17 (0.13–0.24) 0.88 (0.82–0.89) 0.12 0.09–0.18 0.96 (0.93–0.97) 0.71 (0.60–0.79)
BMI 0.83 (0.77–0.89) 0.17 (0.12–0.23) 0.77 (0.69–0.83) 0.23 (0.17–0.31) 0.86 (0.79–0.91) 0.14 (0.09–0.21) 0.95 (0.92–0.97) 0.63 (0.50–0.73)
WAIST 0.68 (0.50–0.81) 0.05 (0.00–0.22) 0.27 (0.18–0.38) 0.55 (0.39–0.76) 0.19 (0.00–0.32) 0.26 (0.19–0.36) 0.87 (0.76–0.95) 0.13 (0.05–0.24) 1.00 (0.84–1.00) 0.35 (0.14–0.52)
HIP 0.62 (0.48–0.80) 0.09 (0.00–0.20) 0.29 (0.20–0.41) 0.62 (0.43–0.76) 0.08 (0.00–0.23) 0.30 (0.23–0.41) 0.80 (0.67–0.89) 0.20 (0.12–0.33) 1.00 (0.87–1.00) 0.54 (0.36–0.67)
WHR 0.67 (0.42–0.80) 0.04 (0.00–0.27) 0.29 (0.20–0.42) 0.34 (0.20–0.59) 0.39 (0.16–0.52) 0.27 (0.20–0.36) 0.94 (0.79–1.00) 0.06 (0.00–0.21) 1.00 (0.71–1.00) 0.12 (0.00–0.33)
SBP 0.18 (0.03–0.48) 0.54 (0.25–0.70) 0.28 (0.19–0.38) 0.39 (0.12–0.63) 0.26 (0.04–0.52) 0.35 (0.26–0.46) 0.42 (0.13–0.82) 0.58 (0.18–0.87) 1.00 (0.66–1.00) 1.00 (0.69–1.00)
DBP 0.12 (0.01–0.39) 0.60 (0.34–0.74) 0.28 (0.20–0.38) 0.42 (0.11–0.64) 0.21 (0.02–0.49) 0.37 (0.28–0.49) 0.41 (0.09–0.83) 0.59 (0.17–0.91) 1.00 (0.52–1.00) 0.92 (0.52–1.00)