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Published in final edited form as: Hum Genet. 2008 Oct 31;124(5):543–552. doi: 10.1007/s00439-008-0580-y

Table 2.

CVD-Related Risk Trait Heritability Analysis and Gender Comparison

Characteristic	All	Men	Women	h²^‡
Number	377	171	206	NA
Age (years)	49.2 ± 16.6	48.9 ± 16.9	49.5 ± 16.4	NA
BMI (kg/m)	26.3 ± 4.3	27.4 ± 3.6	25.4 ± 4.7^*	0.295
TC (mmol/L)	5.6 ± 1.1	5.8 ± 1.1	5.5 ± 1.1^*	0.405
TG (mmol/L)	2.0 ± 1.2	2.3 ± 1.3	1.7 ± 1.1^**	0.236
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.4 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.4^**	0.449
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.8 ± 1.0	3.0 ± 0.9	2.7 ± 1.0^*	0.419
SBP (mmHg)	127.4 ± 22.3	134.0 ± 19.6	121.8 ± 22.9^**	0.314
DBP (mmHg)	75.9 ± 13.3	79.3 ± 12.6	73.0 ± 13.2	0.169^§

NA: Not applicable

^‡

Adjusted for sex-specific age and age²; All P < 0.05 (all traits except Age underwent inverse normal transformation [as implemented in SOLAR 4.0.6] for analysis and back transformed for presentation)

P < 0.05, men vs. women

^**

P < 0.0001, men vs. women

^§

Not significant P > 0.05