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Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2012 Dec 12;127(1):e6–e245. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31828124ad

Table 7-3.

Heritability of CVD Risk Factors From the FHS

Trait	Heritability
ABI	0.21²²
SBP	0.42²³
DBP	0.39²³
Left ventricular mass	0.24 to 0.32²⁴
BMI	0.37 (mean age 40 y) to 0.52 (mean age 60 y)²⁵
Waist circumference	0.41²⁶
Visceral abdominal fat	0.36²⁷
Subcutaneous abdominal fat	0.57²⁷
Fasting glucose	0.34²⁸
HbA_1c	0.27²⁸
Triglycerides	0.48²⁹
HDL cholesterol	0.52²⁹
Total cholesterol	0.57²⁹
LDL cholesterol	0.59²⁹
Estimated GFR	0.33³⁰

CVD indicates cardiovascular disease; FHS, Framingham Heart Study; ABI, ankle-brachial index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; and GFR, glomerular filtration rate.