G-protein β3 Subunit Gene Splice Variant and Body Fat Distribution in Nunavut Inuit

Table 2.

Sources of Variation for Quantitative Traits in Canadian Inuit from Stepwise Regression Analysis

Covariate	Partialr ²	Pr>F	Partialr ²	Pr>F	Partialr ²	Pr>F
	Weight		BMI
Sex	0.095	<0.0001		N.S. (>0.15)
Age	0.029	0.010	0.088	<0.0001
GNB3 825T recessive	0.019	0.034	0.030	0.008
	Waist girth		Hip girth		WHR
Sex	0.017	0.035		N.S. (>0.15)	0.094	<0.0001
Age	0.189	<0.0001	0.098	<0.0001	0.171	<0.0001
GNB3 825T recessive	0.021	0.021	0.037	0.003		N.S. (>0.15)
	Subscapular skinfold		Triceps skinfold		STR
Sex	0.133	<0.0001	0.143	<0.0001		N.S. (>0.15)
Age	0.015	0.061		N.S. (>0.15)	0.011	0.14
GNB3 825T recessive	0.016	0.052	0.017	0.047		N.S. (>0.15)
	Systolic blood pressure		Diastolic blood pressure
Sex	0.085	<0.0001	0.062	0.0002
Age	0.131	0.0002		N.S. (>0.15)
GNB3825T recessive		N.S. (>0.15)		N.S. (>0.15)

↵(Pr>F), Probability of a greater F-value from linear regression. Significant associations with the genetic marker are shown in boldface type.

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Genome Res. 1999. 9: 972-977

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