Circulating leukocyte telomere length is highly heritable among families of Arab descent

BMC Medical Genetics

Table 2 Parent-offspring regressions for raw trait measures

Parameters	Slope	R-squared	N pairs	P value
BMI	0.26	0.08	113	0.0030
Body Weight	0.23	0.06	116	0.0099
Height	0.13	0.01	114	0.44
Hip circumference	0.35	0.11	113	0.0003
Waist circumference	0.26	0.06	114	0.0076
Glucose	0.09	0.01	111	0.25
Systolic BP	0.07	0.01	92	0.43
Diastolic BP	−0.09	0.01	92	0.30
Triglycerides	0.05	0.03	111	0.08
Total-Cholesterol	0.22	0.08	110	0.0033
LDL-Cholesterol	0.26	0.15	109	3 × 10^-5
HDL-Cholesterol	0.09	0.01	111	0.45
Telomere length	0.64	0.26	42	0.0006

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