Table 5 QTL analysis of the real, bivariate (SBP, DBP) trait for 1850 unrelated individuals and 52,314 SNPs with MAF >0.01. Mean effects (standard errors in parenthesis) and variance components under the null model using GRM with all individuals

μ

94.87 (1.62)

78.46 (0.95)

β _Sex

10.90 (1.63)

4.62 (0.95)

β _Age

0.43 (0.05)

−0.13 (0.03)

β _Sex × age

0.38 (0.06)

0.08 (0.04)

Var. comp.

\( {\Sigma}_a=\left(\begin{array}{cc}\hfill 43.15\hfill & \hfill 17.03\hfill \\ {}\hfill 17.03\hfill & \hfill 12.07\hfill \end{array}\right) \)

\( {\Sigma}_e=\left(\begin{array}{cc}\hfill 294.88\hfill & \hfill 113.90\hfill \\ {}\hfill 113.90\hfill & \hfill 102.61\hfill \end{array}\right) \)