Research Article

The rs1634330 Polymorphisms in the SOST Gene Are Associated with Body Composition in Chinese Nuclear Families with Male Offspring

Table 6

P values of tests for population stratification, total association, and within-family association in SOST haplotypes using QTDT.

ā€‰CACTGGATCACTAGTCCACCATTCCAGTGGATTGGTGGATTAGTGGAT

Tests of population stratification
BMI0.13450.70360.61550.55910.82340.9163
Arms FM0.07850.39570.21270.08920.52640.0933
Trunk FM0.05680.32320.22050.09730.36280.0644
Legs FM0.20200.80960.07180.06770.09670.4443
Total FM0.04340.58960.17470.56260.08951.0000
PFM0.49520.75630.32800.41370.92720.2319
Arms LM0.09870.17930.47720.35010.37600.1518
Trunk LM0.03030.07280.41020.67481.00000.1411
Legs LM0.17330.42750.42750.22400.59440.2561
Total LM0.07300.08450.12404e-0051.00000.0531
PLM0.03650.82820.49090.58390.74170.6347

Tests of total association
BMI0.39530.61830.30970.96120.35640.0512
Arms FM0.01050.36590.93120.99700.72070.0906
Trunk FM0.00480.15070.81931.00000.89680.1262
Legs FM0.00720.66960.96520.77940.96230.4744
Total FM0.01641.00000.77180.76931.00000.1930
PFM0.10410.79120.69410.72760.81480.9042
Arms LM0.27360.37770.55660.78200.83930.7380
Trunk LM1.00001.00001.00000.93481.00001.0000
Legs LM0.27360.56740.67380.74561.00000.9580
Total LM0.02990.28710.35731.00000.83620.8887
PLM0.46960.91380.56490.81400.87300.6295

Tests of within-family association
BMI0.08570.91370.35870.60150.55600.3028
Arms FM0.00870.24850.27460.14400.64970.0243
Trunk FM0.00410.13000.31200.22440.34920.0193
Legs FM0.02540.68880.10740.15330.11950.3160
Total FM0.01050.32150.21220.22950.67070.0204
PFM0.78960.68660.54330.38500.97240.2876
Arms LM0.36370.10870.75300.35170.37860.1621
Trunk LM1.00000.90681.00000.21771.00000.0386
Legs LM0.47670.33160.60290.23540.63331.0000
Total LM0.11350.04300.34820.07480.66530.1095
PLM0.15850.80920.78880.55960.83340.8953

P 1000 permutation of within-family association
BMI0.12200.90800.40400.64300.59100.3360
Arms FM0.11100.47200.53000.33600.76900.1490
Trunk FM0.08200.33500.50100.38500.52800.1380
Legs FM0.05610.77800.24600.29900.27600.5090
Total FM0.16100.48700.40400.38600.73300.1410
PFM0.79100.61500.42600.20100.96300.2220
Arms LM0.47000.10300.75300.56800.40400.1880
Trunk LM0.84800.73700.74200.14400.75400.0850
Legs LM0.44400.27800.51400.10300.58100.9570
Total LM0.43100.24900.53200.18300.76200.3440
PLM0.11300.75800.72300.50700.79700.8850

BMI: body mass index; QTDT: quantitative transmission disequilibrium test; FM: fat mass; LM: lean mass; PFM: percentage of FM; and PLM: percentage of LM. BMI and body composition phenotype values are adjusted for age. Bold numbers indicate significant values .