Table 4.

Quantitative Effect of the gene score (risk allele) on selected traits, expressed as the beta effect (Standard error)

Parameter	β (SE)	p-value
Weight (Kg)	0.069 (0.005)	0.465
Height (ft)	0.222 (0.005)	0.051
BMI (Kg/m2)	0.622 (0.013)	0.001
WC (cm)	0.441 (0.005)	1.2 × 10−3
HC (cm)	0.111 (0.005)	0.111
WHR	0.010 (0.339)	0.106

The beta effect means the rise or fall in the selected trait per each risk allele increase. For example, for weight a beta effect of 0.069 means that with each risk allele increase, the body weight increases by 0.069Kg