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Table 3 Heritability estimates for each lipid trait

From: Genetic architecture of lipid traits in the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos

Trait

Genetic Variance explaineda [Lower 95CI, Upper 95CI]

Pvalue (Genetic variance)

Variance explained by sampling unit (block group)

Variance explained by household

Variance explained by environment

Total cholesterol

0.22 [0.15, 0.29]

<0.001

0.002

0.047

0.731

Triglycerides

0.24 [0.18, 0.31]

<0.001

0.003

0.027

0.73

HDL-cholesterol

0.24 [0.17, 0.3]

<0.001

0.012

0.056

0.694

LDL-cholesterol

0.21 [0.14, 0.27]

<0.001

0.001

0.058

0.735

  1. Lower 95CI: lower 95% confidence interval, Upper 95CI: upper 95% confidence interval
  2. a Genetic Variance: is the proportion of variance accounted for by relatedness
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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