The genetic contribution of West-African ancestry to protection against central obesity in African-American men but not women: results from the ARIC and MESA studies

The genetic contribution of West-African ancestry to protection against central obesity in African-American men but not women: results from the ARIC and MESA studies

Over 80% of African-American (AA) women are overweight or obese. A large racial disparity between AA and European-Americans (EA) in obesity rates exists among women, but curiously not among men. Although socio-economic and/or cultural factors may partly account for this race-by-sex interaction, the...

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Main Authors: Yann C Klimentidis, Amit eArora, Jin eZhou, Rick eKittles, David B Allison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
Obesity
Health Disparities
genetic ancestry
sex differences
waist-to-hip ratio
Genetic admixture
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2016.00089/full

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