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Diabetes in African Americans [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2005
Abstract African Americans have a high risk for type 2 diabetes. Genetic traits, the prevalence of obesity, and insulin resistance all contribute to the risk of diabetes in the African American community. African Americans have a high rate of diabetic complications, because of poor glycaemic control and racial disparities in health care ...
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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, David E. Pollio, Barry A. Hong, Carol S. North   +3 more
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The Socioeconomic Attainments of Second-Generation Nigerian and Other Black Americans: Evidence from the Current Population Survey, 2009 to 2019

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, Ernesto F. L. Amaral, Sharron Xuanren Wang, Courtney Nelson   +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, Kateryna D. Makova   +1 more
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Genetic Associations of PPARGC1A with Type 2 Diabetes: Differences among Populations with African Origins

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, Tan Li, Juan P. Liuzzi, Gustavo G. Zarini, Mehmet T. Dorak, Fatma G. Huffman   +5 more
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APOL1 Risk Variants Independently Associated With Early Cardiovascular Disease Death

Kidney International Reports, 2018
The relationship of APOL1 renal risk variants to cardiovascular disease (CVD) is controversial and was the subject of this investigation. Methods: Age, cause of death, and nephrosclerosis (the latter defined by glomerulosclerosis) were analyzed in the ...
Michael D. Hughson, Wendy E. Hoy, Susan A. Mott, John F. Bertram, Cheryl A. Winkler, Jeffrey B. Kopp   +5 more
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Mental Health Screening Needs and Preference in Treatment Types and Providers in African American and Asian American Older Adults

Brain Sciences, 2021
Older African Americans and Asian Americans in the U.S. underuse mental health services, despite their vulnerability to diverse mental health problems.
Minsun Lee, Wenyue Lu, Tyrell Mann-Barnes, Jin-Hyeok Nam, Julie Nelson, Grace X. Ma   +5 more
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The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans [PDF]

Science, 2009
African Origins The modern human originated in Africa and subsequently spread across the globe. However, the genetic relationships among the diverse populations on the African continent have been unclear. Tishkoff et al.
Tishkoff SA, Reed FA, Friedlaender FR, Ehret C, Ranciaro A, Froment A, Hirbo JB, Awomoyi AA, Bodo JM, Doumbo O, Ibrahim M, Juma AT, Kotze MJ, Lema G, Moore JH, Mortensen H, Nyambo Thomas B, Omar SA, Powell K, Pretorius GS, Smith MW, Thera Mahamadou A, Wambebe C, Weber JL, Williams SM   +24 more
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Quantitative proteomics of cerebrospinal fluid from African Americans and Caucasians reveals shared and divergent changes in Alzheimer’s disease

Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2023
Background Despite being twice as likely to get Alzheimer’s disease (AD), African Americans have been grossly underrepresented in AD research. While emerging evidence indicates that African Americans with AD have lower cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of
Erica S. Modeste, Lingyan Ping, Caroline M. Watson, Duc M. Duong, Eric B. Dammer, Erik C. B. Johnson, Blaine R. Roberts, James J. Lah, Allan I. Levey, Nicholas T. Seyfried   +9 more
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A meta-analysis of COVID-19 vaccines acceptance among black/African American

Heliyon, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic had harmed Black/African Americans disproportionately. Mortality and morbidity can reduce by increasing vaccination acceptability and availability. We conducted a meta-analysis of 20 studies that show the prevalence of Black/African
Rezaul Karim Ripon, Umma Motahara, Adiba Alam, Kifayat Sadmam Ishadi, Md Samun Sarker   +4 more
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