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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2020 Aug;38(8):1474–1480. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002430

TABLE 2.

Heritability estimates of blood pressure and obesity measurements

Traits N h2 SE P-value
BP measures
 Daytime SBP 1178 0.302 0.048 4.27 × 10−23
 Daytime DBP 1178 0.382 0.052 2.15 × 10−30
 Sleep SBP 1138 0.214 0.049 4.32 × 10−10
 Sleep DBP 1138 0.168 0.047 8.0 × 10−6
 Total 24-h SBP 1155 0.321 0.051 8.27 × 10−23
 Total 24-h DBP 1155 0.404 0.054 3.59 × 10−30
 Office beat-to-beat SBP 1123 0.244 0.053 5.1 × 10−10
 Office beat-to-beat DBP 1123 0.220 0.052 1.19 × 10−8
Obesity index
 BMI 1231 0.678 0.050 7.70 × 10−57
 Body fat 1214 0.522 0.056 2.35 × 10−35
 Waist circumference 1204 0.373 0.053 7.30 × 10−21
 Waist-to-height ratio 1204 0.379 0.053 3.23 × 10−22

Models were adjusted for age, sex, age2, age × sex and age2 × sex. BP, blood pressure.