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The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans. [PDF]
Science, 2009 Africa is the source of all modern humans, but characterization of genetic variation and of relationships among populations across the continent has been enigmatic. We studied 121 African populations, four African American populations, and 60 non-African
A. A. Awomoyi +61 more
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Beta-amyloid and Cortical Thickness Reveal Racial Disparities in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease
NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017 African Americans are two to four times more likely to develop dementia as Non-Hispanic Whites. This increased risk among African Americans represents a critical health disparity that affects nearly 43 million Americans.
Ian M. McDonough
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Who Can I Turn To? Emotional Support Availability in African American Social Networks
Social Sciences, 2017 African Americans disproportionately experience psychological distress, such as feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness and are disproportionately exposed to risk factors associated with mental illness, such as racial discrimination ...
Sula Hood +4 more
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Future Internet, 2013 This study examines the participation of African Americans on social networking sites (SNS), and evaluates the degree to which African Americans engage in activities in the online environment to mitigate social capital deficits. Prior literature suggests
Danielle Taana Smith
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Advancing the sleep/wake schedule impacts the sleep of African-Americans more than European-Americans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 There are differences in sleep duration between Blacks/African-Americans and Whites/European-Americans. Recently, we found differences between these ancestry groups in the circadian system, such as circadian period and the magnitude of phase shifts. Here
Gemma M Paech +3 more
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Association of Vitamin D3 Level with Breast Cancer Risk and Prognosis in African-American and Hispanic Women. [PDF]
, 2017 Background: This study investigated the association of vitamin D3 levels with breast cancer risk and progression in African-Americans and Hispanics. Methods: A total of 237 African-American (Cases = 119, Control = 118) and 423 Hispanic women (Cases = 124,
Chlebowski, Rowan +4 more
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Socius, 2021 Second-generation black Americans have been inadequately studied in prior quantitative research. The authors seek to ameliorate this research gap by using the Current Population Survey to investigate education and wages among second-generation black ...
Arthur Sakamoto +3 more
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Exploring the Effects of Mitonuclear Interactions on Mitochondrial DNA Gene Expression in Humans
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Most mitochondrial protein complexes include both nuclear and mitochondrial gene products, which coevolved to work together. This coevolution can be disrupted due to disparity in genetic ancestry between the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in recently ...
Edmundo Torres-Gonzalez +1 more
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Journal of Diabetes Research, 2015 The aim of this study was to assess the differences in correlation of PPARGC1A polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk in adults of African origins: African Americans and Haitian Americans.
Amanpreet K. Cheema +5 more
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Racial Disparities in Hepatitis C Treatment Eligibility
Annals of Hepatology, 2017 Background: Hepatitis C (HCV) is more prevalent in African Americans than in any other racial group in the United States. However, African Americans are more likely to be deemed ineligible for HCV treatment than non-African Americans.
Omar T. Sims +3 more
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