Clinical Study
Familial Aggregation of Metabolic Syndrome Indicators in Portuguese Families
Table 3
Intra-trait familial correlations of MetS traits and corresponding 95% confidence intervals.
| Trait | | | | | All correlations are equal to zero | All correlations are equal | Equality between biological relatives |
| GLU | 0.39 (0.18–0.57) | 0.29 (0.15–0.43) | 0.29 (0.17–0.41) | 0.27 (0.13–0.39) | | | | SBP | 0.23 (0.09–0.37) | 0.20 (0.09–0.31) | 0.27 (0.18–0.36) | 0.31 (0.17–0.44) | | | | HDL | 0.10 (−0.03–0.24) | 0.28 (0.14–0.40) | 0.39 (0.25–0.52) | 0.49 (0.27–0.66) | | | | TG | 0.15 (−0.01–0.31) | 0.13 (−0.01–0.26) | 0.22 (0.08–0.34) | 0.12 (0.00–0.23) | | | | WC | 0.38 (0.25–0.50) | 0.30 (0.19–0.41) | 0.45 (0.34–0.55) | 0.30 (0.18–0.42) | | | |
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HDL: high density lipoprotein; GLU: glucose; SBP: systolic blood pressure; TG: triglycerides; WC: waist circumference.
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