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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in African Americans provides insights into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2014
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is more prevalent in African Americans than in Europeans. However, little is known about the genetic risk in African Americans despite the recent identification of more than 70 T2D loci primarily by genome-wide association studies ...
Maggie C Y Ng, Daniel Shriner, Brian H Chen, Jiang Li, Wei-Min Chen, Xiuqing Guo, Jiankang Liu, Suzette J Bielinski, Lisa R Yanek, Michael A Nalls, Mary E Comeau, Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik, Richard A Jensen, Daniel S Evans, Yan V Sun, Ping An, Sanjay R Patel, Yingchang Lu, Jirong Long, Loren L Armstrong, Lynne Wagenknecht, Lingyao Yang, Beverly M Snively, Nicholette D Palmer, Poorva Mudgal, Carl D Langefeld, Keith L Keene, Barry I Freedman, Josyf C Mychaleckyj, Uma Nayak, Leslie J Raffel, Mark O Goodarzi, Y-D Ida Chen, Herman A Taylor, Adolfo Correa, Mario Sims, David Couper, James S Pankow, Eric Boerwinkle, Adebowale Adeyemo, Ayo Doumatey, Guanjie Chen, Rasika A Mathias, Dhananjay Vaidya, Andrew B Singleton, Alan B Zonderman, Robert P Igo, John R Sedor, FIND Consortium, Edmond K Kabagambe, David S Siscovick, Barbara McKnight, Kenneth Rice, Yongmei Liu, Wen-Chi Hsueh, Wei Zhao, Lawrence F Bielak, Aldi Kraja, Michael A Province, Erwin P Bottinger, Omri Gottesman, Qiuyin Cai, Wei Zheng, William J Blot, William L Lowe, Jennifer A Pacheco, Dana C Crawford, eMERGE Consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, Elin Grundberg, MuTHER Consortium, Stephen S Rich, M Geoffrey Hayes, Xiao-Ou Shu, Ruth J F Loos, Ingrid B Borecki, Patricia A Peyser, Steven R Cummings, Bruce M Psaty, Myriam Fornage, Sudha K Iyengar, Michele K Evans, Diane M Becker, W H Linda Kao, James G Wilson, Jerome I Rotter, Michèle M Sale, Simin Liu, Charles N Rotimi, Donald W Bowden, MEta-analysis of type 2 DIabetes in African Americans Consortium   +90 more
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Acthar Gel in African Americans versus Non-African Americans with Symptomatic Sarcoidosis: Physician Assessment of Patient Medical Records [PDF]

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
Jas Bindra,1 Ishveen Chopra,2 Kyle Hayes,3 John Niewoehner,3 Mary Prince Panaccio,3 George J Wan3 1Falcon Research Group, North Potomac, MD, USA; 2Manticore Consultancy, Bethesda, MD, USA; 3Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Bridgewater, NJ, USACorrespondence:
Bindra J, Chopra I, Hayes K, Niewoehner J, Panaccio MP, Wan GJ   +5 more
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Lexicogrammatical Analysis on African-American Vernacular English Spoken by African-Amecian You-Tubers [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
African American Vernacular English (AAVE) emerged from the historical context of African American enslavement and represents one of the numerous vernacular languages influenced by English.
Arifin Jose Aramando, Dewi Ienneke Indra
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The Great Migration and African-American Genomic Diversity. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2016
We present a comprehensive assessment of genomic diversity in the African-American population by studying three genotyped cohorts comprising 3,726 African-Americans from across the United States that provide a representative description of the population
Soheil Baharian, Maxime Barakatt, Christopher R Gignoux, Suyash Shringarpure, Jacob Errington, William J Blot, Carlos D Bustamante, Eimear E Kenny, Scott M Williams, Melinda C Aldrich, Simon Gravel   +10 more
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Sleep and cognitive performance of African-Americans and European-Americans before and during circadian misalignment produced by an abrupt 9-h delay in the sleep/wake schedule. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
We conducted two studies of circadian misalignment in non-Hispanic African and European-Americans. In the first, the sleep/wake (light/dark) schedule was advanced 9 h, similar to flying east, and in the second these schedules were delayed 9 h, similar to
Gemma M Paech, Stephanie J Crowley, Charmane I Eastman   +2 more
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Comparison of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among African Immigrants and African Americans: An Analysis of the 2010 to 2016 National Health Interview Surveys

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Racial/ethnic minorities, especially non‐Hispanic blacks, in the United States are at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Ruth‐Alma N. Turkson‐Ocran, Nwakaego A. Nmezi, Marian O. Botchway, Sarah L. Szanton, Sherita Hill Golden, Lisa A. Cooper, Yvonne Commodore‐Mensah   +6 more
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Disability and Health in African Americans: Population Research and Implications for Occupational Therapy Community-Based Practice

Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022
Background: Population-based research and community-based interventions are integral to occupational therapy’s scope of practice, yet they are underdeveloped in actual implementation.
Emily Schulz, Debarchana Ghosh, Eddie M. Clark, Beverly R. Williams, Lijing Ma, Crystal Park, Randi Williams, Cheryl L. Knott   +7 more
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Cultural Psychology of African Americans [PDF]

, 2011
The cultural psychology of African Americans involves the evolution of African patterns of thought, feeling and behavior and their utilization as adaptive mechanisms in a context of racism and oppression.
Campbell, Santiba, James M. Jones, Jones, James M., Santiba Campbell   +3 more
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Race, Intergenerational Social Mobility and Stressful Life Events

Behavioral Sciences, 2018
Background. Socioeconomic status (SES) has smaller protective effects on the health of African Americans, and the differential association between social mobility and stress may explain the diminished returns of SES for African Americans. Aim. This study
Shervin Assari
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Genetic ancestry-smoking interactions and lung function in African Americans: a cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundSmoking tobacco reduces lung function. African Americans have both lower lung function and decreased metabolism of tobacco smoke compared to European Americans.
Melinda C Aldrich, Rajesh Kumar, Laura A Colangelo, L Keoki Williams, Saunak Sen, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Bernd Meibohm, Joshua Galanter, Donglei Hu, Christopher R Gignoux, Yongmei Liu, Tamara B Harris, Elad Ziv, Joseph Zmuda, Melissa Garcia, Tennille S Leak, Marilyn G Foreman, Lewis J Smith, Myriam Fornage, Kiang Liu, Esteban G Burchard, Health ABC and CARDIA Studies Groups   +21 more
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