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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the longitudinal phenotypes

From: Identification of genes for complex disease using longitudinal phenotypes

Phenotype

Heritability (h2)

CovariatesA

Proportion of Variance due to Covariates

Mean

Standard Deviation

Variance

BMI

75.3%

a, g

5.51%

26.54

4.53

20.50

CHOL

64.4%

a, g

4.59%

200.22

30.04

902.38

GLUC

62.6%

a

<0.01%

95.38

13.15

172.92

HDL

65.5%

a, b, c, d, g

26.27%

50.33

11.22

125.88

HEIGHT

76.7%

g

49.46%

65.26

3.94

45.55

SBP

77.7%

a, b, c, g

9.25%

131.32

14.75

217.44

TG

47.4%

a, b, d, g

45.29%

121.45

59.11

3493.90

  1. ASignificant covariates employed in the linkage analysis (a = average age in study, b = body mass index, c = cigarettes per day, d = drinks, alcohol consumption, g = gender).