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Table 1 Estimates of sex-specific heritabilities and genetic correlations in unrelated white British individuals

From: Evidence for sex-specific genetic architectures across a spectrum of human complex traits

 

h 2 m

h 2 f

r g

P value

Est.

S.E.

Est.

S.E.

Est.

S.E.

r g  ≠ 1

h 2 m  ≠ h 2 f

Height

0.53

0.007

0.54

0.007

0.96

0.01

3 × 10-5

0.3

BMI

0.27

0.008

0.26

0.007

0.95

0.02

0.008

0.1

BF%

0.27

0.008

0.26

0.008

0.94

0.02

0.009

0.6

BMR

0.36

0.008

0.30

0.008

0.92

0.02

3 × 10-5

3 × 10-8

WC

0.24

0.008

0.23

0.008

0.90

0.03

0.0003

0.5

HC

0.27

0.008

0.24

0.008

0.88

0.02

2 × 10-6

0.01

WHR

0.19

0.008

0.25

0.008

0.76

0.03

9 × 10-14

1 × 10-7

Education age

0.08

0.011

0.13

0.010

0.92

0.09

0.2

0.004

FI score

0.28

0.022

0.27

0.020

0.93

0.06

0.1

0.8

CF score

0.12

0.008

0.09

0.007

0.81

0.06

0.0008

0.02

LRS

0.04

0.014

0.08

0.009

0.56

0.17

0.03

0.03

Overall health

0.12

0.008

0.12

0.007

0.97

0.05

0.3

0.6

BPdia

0.18

0.011

0.20

0.009

0.87

0.04

0.001

0.3

BPsys

0.17

0.011

0.20

0.009

0.88

0.05

0.009

0.1

FEV1

0.28

0.010

0.27

0.010

0.92

0.03

0.004

0.5

FVC

0.26

0.010

0.26

0.009

0.95

0.03

0.06

0.8

PEF

0.23

0.010

0.23

0.009

0.93

0.03

0.02

0.9

FEV1/FVC

0.29

0.010

0.25

0.009

0.97

0.03

0.1

0.01

Pack years

0.17

0.012

0.19

0.012

0.90

0.06

0.05

0.5

  1. h 2 m , h 2 f are proportions of phenotypic variance explained by common autosomal SNPs for males and females, respectively. P value indicates p values from likelihood ratio test against constrained models with r g  = 1 and h 2 m  = h 2 f , respectively
  2. Est. estimate, S.E. standard error