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Table 6 Logarithm triglyceride vs. HDL cholesterol ratio: Class D regressive models, conditional on proband phenotypes

From: Consistency of genetic inheritance mode and heritability patterns of triglyceride vs. high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio in two Taiwanese family samples

I. Community-based:

Model

Sporadic

Pure familial correlation, i.e. polygenic

Environmental + familial correlation

Pure major gene (Mendel)

Mendel + familial correlation

Unrestricted, general

 

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

qA

[1]

 

[1]

 

0.190

0.035

0.251

0.035

0.264

0.045

0.203

0.049

τAA

-

 

-

 

=qA

 

[1]

 

[1]

 

0.266

0.144

τAB

-

 

-

 

=qA

 

[0.5]

 

[0.5]

 

0.431

0.125

τBB

-

 

-

 

=qA

 

[0]

 

[0]

 

0.044

0.073

μAA

0.864

0.024

0.903

0.043

2.450

0.170

2.363

0.162

2.316

0.196

2.514

0.227

μAB

AA

 

AA

 

1.281

0.082

1.149

0.074

0.971

0.165

1.326

0.130

μBB

AA

 

AA

 

0.555

0.057

0.560

0.035

0.651

0.095

0.554

0.075

σ2

0.400

0.021

0.465

0.038

0.239

0.029

0.209

0.016

0.276

0.040

0.202

0.027

ρMF

[0]

 

0.041

0.071

0.028

0.125

-0.026

0.106

0.062

0.106

0.058

0.138

ρMO

[0]

 

0.401

0.067

0.555

0.114

[0]

 

0.284

0.077

0.286

0.318

ρFO

[0]

 

0.184

0.068

0.394

0.101

[0]

 

0.150

0.134

0.212

0.154

ρSS

[0]

 

0.513

0.067

0.643

0.084

[0]

 

0.332

0.085

0.457

0.257

#

2

 

6

 

9

 

6

 

9

 

12

 

-2ln(L)

1372.22

 

1308.95

 

1260.71

 

1279.92

 

1266.27

 

1252.03

 

υ2

120.19

 

56.92

 

8.68

 

27.89

 

14.24

   

Degree of freedom

10

 

6

 

3

 

6

 

3

   

P value

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.034

 

0.000

 

0.003

 

Baseline

 

AIC

1376.22

 

1320.95

 

1278.71

 

1291.92

 

1284.27

 

1276.03

 

II. Hospital based,

Model

Sporadic

Pure familial correlation, i.e. polygenic

Environmental + familial correlation

Pure major gene (Mendel)

Mendel + familial correlation

Unrestricted, general

 

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

Parameter

S.E.

qA

[1]

 

[1]

 

0.232

0.060

0.368

0.036

0.290

0.028

0.369

0.036

τAA

-

 

-

 

=qA

 

[1]

 

[1]

 

0.598

0.277

τAB

-

 

-

 

=qA

 

[0.5]

 

[0.5]

 

0.181

0.097

τBB

-

 

-

 

=qA

 

[0]

 

[0]

 

0.756

0.099

μAA

0.801

0.019

0.801

0.020

1.997

0.125

1.751

0.077

1.953

0.098

1.727

0.062

μAB

AA

 

AA

 

1.215

0.134

0.396

0.016

0.289

0.040

0.396

0.014

μBB

AA

 

AA

 

0.443

0.076

0.945

0.029

1.036

0.032

0.944

0.020

σ2

0.459

0.018

0.458

0.018

0.246

0.031

0.259

0.018

0.211

0.023

0.251

0.018

ρMF

[0]

 

0.160

0.043

0.292

0.081

0.247

0.001

[0]

 

0.247

0.001

ρMO = ρFO = ρSS

[0]

 

0.320

0.072

0.579

0.090

0.735

0.000

[0]

 

0.735

0.000

#

2

 

4

 

7

 

7

 

5

 

10

 

-2ln(L)

2690.30

 

2662.03

 

2637.51

 

2637.78

 

2665.49

 

2625.11

 

Degree of freedom

8

 

6

 

3

 

3

 

5

   

P

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.006

 

0.005

 

Baseline

 

AIC

2694.3

 

2670.03

 

2651.51

 

2651.78

 

2675.49

 

2645.11

 
  1. Abbreviation: #, number of parameters; SEM, standard error of mean; qA, gene frequency; τAA, τAB, τBB, transmission probability; μAA, μAB, μBB, genotype means; σ2, variance; ρMF, ρMO, ρFO, ρSS, correlation coefficients among spouse, mother-offspring, father-offspring and sibling pairs; #, number of parameters; ln(L), logarithm of likelihood; AIC, Akaike information criteria; P, significance level compared with the unrestricted general model.