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. 2018 Apr 18;7(9):e007806. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007806

Table 6.

Bivariate Analyses Between Blood Pressure Traits in Twin and SNP Models

Pairs rP (SE) BM Bivariate a2 (SE), % rA (SE) rE (SE)
Twin SNP Twin SNP Twin SNP
SBP‐DBP 0.67 (0.01)a AE 41 (3)a 7 (6) 0.71 (0.02)a 0.55 (0.34) 0.63 (0.01)a 0.67 (0.50)
SBP‐MAP 0.92 (0.02)a AE 40 (2)a 9 (6) 0.92 (0.01)a 0.88 (0.11)a 0.89 (0.01)a 0.90 (0.16)a
SBP‐PP 0.84 (0.02)a AE 39 (2)a 11 (6)a 0.85 (0.01)a 0.83 (0.13)a 0.81 (0.01)a 0.83 (0.10)a
DBP‐MAP 0.93 (0.02)a AE 38 (2)a 7 (6) 0.93 (0.01)a 0.88 (0.11)a 0.92 (0.00)a 0.92 (0.22)a
MAP‐PP 0.51 (0.01)a AE 42 (3)a 9 (6) 0.57 (0.03)a 0.46 (0.35) 0.46 (0.02)a 0.51 (0.34)

a2 Indicates additive genetic variance; AE, model including a2 and nonshared environmental components; BM, best‐fitted model according to Akaike information criterion; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MAP, mean arterial pressure; PP, pulse pressure; rA, additive genetic correlation; rE, nonshared environmental correlation; rP, phenotypic correlation; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SNP, single‐nucleotide polymorphism–based genomic relatedness matrix restricted maximum likelihood model.

a

Statistically significant estimates (P<0.05).