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Table 3 Heritability (h2) estimates, and standard error, for cardiovascular risk factors treated as dichotomized traits, unadjusted (Model 1) or adjusted for age, sex, age2, and age × sex interaction (Model 2).

From: Heritability of cardiovascular risk factors in a Brazilian population: Baependi Heart Study

 

Model 1

Model 2

Truncal obesity

25.44*

40.59*

High fasting glucose

45.90*

54.52*

High triglycerides

24.03*

25.50*

Low HDL-cholesterol

31.69*

37.79*

High Total-cholesterol

37.33*

38.08*

High LDL-cholesterol

37.09*

37.10*

Hypertension

13.24 (p = 0.0006)

32.49*

  1. *p-value < 0.0001
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