Table 2 Heritability estimates of BP, BRS, HRV and HR.

From: Heritability and genetic and environmental correlations of heart rate variability and baroreceptor reflex sensitivity with ambulatory and beat-to-beat blood pressure

Traits

N

h2

SE

p-value

Ambulatory and office beat-to-beat BP

Daytime SBP

1178

0.302

0.048

<0.01

Daytime DBP

1178

0.382

0.052

<0.01

Sleep SBP

1138

0.214

0.049

<0.01

Sleep DBP

1138

0.168

0.047

<0.01

Total 24-hour SBP

1155

0.321

0.051

<0.01

Total 24-hour DBP

1155

0.404

0.054

<0.01

Office beat-to-beat SBP

1123

0.244

0.053

<0.01

Office beat-to-beat DBP

1123

0.220

0.052

<0.01

Heart rate (variability) and Baroreceptor reflex sensitivity

lnSDNN

1147

0.123

0.048

<0.01

lnRMSSD

1147

0.205

0.059

<0.01

lnHF

1108

0.175

0.051

<0.01

lnLF

1110

0.137

0.045

<0.01

lnVLF

1110

0.111

0.039

<0.01

lnTP

1110

0.128

0.046

<0.01

lnHR

1155

0.319

0.060

<0.01

lnBRS

1026

0.206

0.058

<0.01

  1. *Models were adjusted for age, sex, BMI, age2, age × sex, and age2 × sex.
  2. *BP: blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SDNN: standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals; RMSSD: root mean square of successive differences; HF: high frequency; LF: low frequency; VLF: very low frequency; TP: total power; HR: heart rate; BRS: baroreceptor sensitivity. ln: indicates that data were ln-transformed prior analysis.