Table 6.

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

Parameter	β (SE)	p-value	p-value (adjusted for BMI)
TC (mmol/L)	0.168 (0.018)	3.01 × 10−17	1.12 × 10−10
TG (mmol/L)	0.090 (0.021)	2.71 × 10−3	1 × 10−1
HDLC (mmol/L)	−0.498 (0.039)	5.4 × 10−43	1.1 × 10−13
LDLC (mmol/L)	0.211 (0.029)	1.11 × 10−21	2.5 × 10−6

The beta effect means the rise or fall in the selected trait per each risk allele increase. For example, for TC, a beta effect of 0.168 means that with each risk allele increase, the serum total cholesterol increases by 0.168 mmol/L.