Familial Aggregation of Metabolic Syndrome Indicators in Portuguese Families

Table 3

Intra-trait familial correlations of MetS traits and corresponding 95% confidence intervals.

Trait	𝜌FM=0.07	𝜌FO=0.07	𝜌MO=0.07	𝜌SIBS=0.07	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)	𝑃<0.0001	𝑃=0.236
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)	𝑃<0.0001	𝑃=0.211
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)	𝑃<0.0001	𝑃<0.001	𝑃=0.015
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)	𝑃<0.0001	𝑃=0.234
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)	𝑃<0.001	𝑃=0.021	𝑃=0.327

HDL: high density lipoprotein; GLU: glucose; SBP: systolic blood pressure; TG: triglycerides; WC: waist circumference.