On the Estimation of Heritability with Family-Based and Population-Based Samples

Table 2

Estimates (s.e.) of heritability.

		Cohort
		Family-based		Population-based	All
		HTK	ASF	KARE
Traits	Height	0.76 (0.04)	0.66 (0.09)	0.32 (0.04)	0.60 (0.02)
	BMI	0.43 (0.05)	0.41 (0.08)	0.15 (0.04)	0.32 (0.02)
	TG	0.37 (0.05)	0.27 (0.08)	0.21 (0.04)	0.24 (0.02)
	TCHL	0.47 (0.05)	0.50 (0.08)	0.18 (0.04)	0.30 (0.02)
	HDL	0.72 (0.04)	0.50 (0.07)	0.16 (0.04)	0.38 (0.02)
	LDL	0.43 (0.05)	0.47 (0.08)	0.16 (0.04)	0.29 (0.02)
	SBP	0.37 (0.05)	0.23 (0.08)	0.26 (0.04)	0.23 (0.02)
	DBP	0.53 (0.05)	0.21 (0.08)	0.21 (0.04)	0.24 (0.02)