Table 7 Heritability of gender specific natural log transformed individual components in Erasmus Rucphen Family population
Female (n = 1397)Male (n = 1091)RhoG*SEp Value†
h2 (%)*SEp Value†h2 (%)*SEp Value†
ln WC53.76.6<10−0637.68.2<10−0569.914.00.03
ln FPG34.46.5<10−0625.46.1<10−04100.0
ln SBP42.96.6<10−1020.37.5<0.0161.519.40.05
ln DBP42.66.7<10−0914.74.6<0.01100.0
ln HDL-C53.07.1<10−1342.07.7<10−0782.212.60.16
ln TG35.66.7<10−0631.77.4<10−0485.517.50.41
  • DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TG, triglyceride; WC, waist circumference.

  • *Heritability and RhoG (% genetic correlation between genders) based on polymod model, RhoE (% environment correlation between genders) forced to 0, covariates: age and inbreeding coefficient. †p Values were derived using the χ2 test.