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Table 2 Mean (± SD) of the estimates of heritability for unadjusted and age-adjusted traits for year-of-exam- and age-matched data.

From: Comparison of year-of-exam- and age-matched estimates of heritability in the Framingham Heart Study data

  

Year-of-exam-matched

Age-matched

 

Trait

Unadjusted

Age Adjusted

Unadjusted

Age Adjusted

SBP:

Diagonal

0.15 ± 0.03

0.12 ± 0.02

0.39 ± 0.06

0.26 ± 0.05

 

Off-diagonal

0.16 ± 0.11

0.12 ± 0.09

0.39 ± 0.06

0.26 ± 0.04

BMI:

Diagonal

0.39 ± 0.08

0.37 ± 0.08

0.55 ± 0.22

0.54 ± 0.22

 

Off-diagonal

0.38 ± 0.06

0.37 ± 0.06

0.53 ± 0.27

0.55 ± 0.27

Height:

Diagonal

0.70 ± 0.04

0.70 ± 0.05

0.80 ± 0.08

0.77 ± 0.13

 

Off-diagonal

0.70 ± 0.04

0.70 ± 0.04

0.76 ± 0.07

0.74 ± 0.10

Weight:

Diagonal

0.38 ± 0.10

0.38 ± 0.10

0.51 ± 0.08

0.52 ± 0.03

 

Off-diagonal

0.39 ± 0.08

0.39 ± 0.08

0.48 ± 0.05

0.49 ± 0.05

Cholesterol:

Diagonal

-A

-

0.40 ± 0.05

0.37 ± 0.07

 

Off-diagonal

-

-

0.37 ± 0.10

0.34 ± 0.11

Glucose:

Diagonal

0.02 ± 0.04

0.02 ± 0.04

0.10 ± 0.11

0.06 ± 0.10

 

Off-diagonal

0.05 ± 0.05

0.04 ± 0.05

0.04 ± 0.15

0.002 ± 0.14

  1. A-, not done.