Table 3 Trait correlations and additive genetic and unique environmental correlations between the anthropometric traits in initial and follow-up assessments by sex.

From: Genetic regulation of body size and morphology from adolescence to early adulthood

	Trait correlation			Additive genetic correlation			Unique environmental correlation
	r	95% CI		r_A	95% CI		r_E	95% CI
	r	_LL	UL	r_A	LL	UL	r_E	LL	UL
Males
Height	0.87	0.85	0.89	0.90	0.87	0.92	0.56	0.46	0.64
Sitting height	0.79	0.76	0.82	0.85	0.81	0.88	0.41	0.29	0.51
Knee height	0.80	0.77	0.83	0.85	0.82	0.88	0.37	0.26	0.48
Buttock-knee length	0.79	0.76	0.82	0.86	0.82	0.9	0.36	0.24	0.47
Foot length left	0.81	0.78	0.84	0.87	0.83	0.9	0.41	0.29	0.51
Foot length right	0.82	0.79	0.84	0.88	0.85	0.91	0.35	0.23	0.46
Head circumference	0.75	0.71	0.78	0.79	0.74	0.83	0.60	0.51	0.67
Head breadth	0.87	0.85	0.89	0.93	0.91	0.95	0.60	0.52	0.68
Face height	0.48	0.41	0.54	0.64	0.54	0.73	0.12	0.00	0.24
Head length 1	0.65	0.60	0.69	0.75	0.69	0.81	0.30	0.18	0.42
Head length 2	0.45	0.38	0.51	0.49	0.39	0.57	0.27	0.15	0.39
Weight	0.91	0.90	0.92	0.94	0.92	0.95	0.64	0.56	0.71
BMI	0.90	0.89	0.92	0.95	0.93	0.96	0.53	0.43	0.62
Arm circumference	0.82	0.79	0.84	0.86	0.82	0.89	0.52	0.42	0.61
Waist circ. relaxed	0.80	0.77	0.83	0.88	0.85	0.91	0.41	0.30	0.51
Waist circ. sucking	0.75	0.72	0.79	0.84	0.79	0.88	0.37	0.25	0.48
Females
Height	0.71	0.66	0.75	0.73	0.67	0.78	0.49	0.36	0.59
Sitting height	0.68	0.63	0.73	0.73	0.67	0.79	0.29	0.15	0.43
Knee height	0.70	0.65	0.74	0.78	0.72	0.83	0.13	-0.02	0.28
Buttock-knee length	0.66	0.61	0.71	0.72	0.64	0.78	0.34	0.20	0.47
Foot length left	0.82	0.79	0.84	0.83	0.79	0.87	0.62	0.51	0.71
Foot length right	0.81	0.78	0.84	0.85	0.81	0.89	0.46	0.33	0.57
Head circumference	0.72	0.67	0.76	0.77	0.70	0.82	0.40	0.26	0.52
Head breadth	0.83	0.80	0.85	0.87	0.83	0.90	0.61	0.50	0.70
Face height	0.49	0.42	0.56	0.70	0.59	0.81	0.06	-0.09	0.21
Head length 1	0.51	0.44	0.57	0.59	0.48	0.68	0.29	0.15	0.42
Head length 2	0.34	0.26	0.42	0.40	0.27	0.51	0.23	0.08	0.37
Weight	0.78	0.74	0.81	0.80	0.75	0.84	0.52	0.39	0.62
BMI	0.79	0.76	0.82	0.82	0.78	0.86	0.43	0.29	0.54
Arm circumference	0.70	0.65	0.74	0.77	0.70	0.83	0.3	0.15	0.43
Waist circ. relaxed	0.66	0.60	0.70	0.72	0.64	0.78	0.22	0.06	0.36
Waist circ. sucking	0.62	0.56	0.67	0.68	0.59	0.75	0.28	0.14	0.42

Back to article page

Table 3 Trait correlations and additive genetic and unique environmental correlations between the anthropometric traits in initial and follow-up assessments by sex.

Search

Quick links