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Differences in plasma levels of long chain and very long chain ceramides between African Americans and whites: An observational study.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundPopulation-wide reductions in cardiovascular disease (CVD) have not been equally shared in the African American community due to a higher burden of CVD risk factors such as metabolic disorders and obesity.
Joy N Jones Buie, Samar M Hammad, Paul J Nietert, Gayenell Magwood, Robert J Adams, Leonardo Bonilha, Catrina Sims-Robinson   +6 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, Elizabeth Golembiewski, Kyle Benbow, Hadyatoullaye Sow, Vetta Sanders Thompson   +4 more
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African Americans and Network Disadvantage: Enhancing Social Capital through Participation on Social Networking Sites

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, Stephanie J Crowley, Louis F Fogg, Charmane I Eastman   +3 more
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Genome-Wide Association Studies of the PR Interval in African Americans [PDF]

, 2011
The PR interval on the electrocardiogram reflects atrial and atrioventricular nodal conduction time. The PR interval is heritable, provides important information about arrhythmia risk, and has been suggested to differ among human races.
Paltoo, Dina N., Smith, J Gustav, Smith, J.G., Heckbert, S.R., Zonderman, Alan B., Sotoodehnia, N., Mehra, R., Susan R. Heckbert, Ellinor, Patrick T, Palmer Cameron, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Benjamin, E.J., Newman, A.B., Müller, Martina, Kerr, K.F., Pfeufer, Arne, Newman, Anne B., Soliman, Elsayed Z, Magnani, JW, Candidate-gene Association Resource (CARe) Consortium, Ellinor Patrick T., Martina Müller, Kathleen F Kerr, Kerr, Kathleen F., Liu, Yongmei, Evans, Daniel S, Zonderman, Alan B, Palmer, C., Schnabel, Renate B, J Gustav Smith, Musani, Solomon K, Michele K Evans, Alonso Alvaro, Musani, Solomon K., Alonso, A, Newman, Anne B, Renate B Schnabel, Smith, JG, Smith, Gustav,, Schnabel Renate B., Magnani, Jared W., Emelia J Benjamin, null null, Ervin R Fox, Zonderman, AB, Jared W. Magnani, Paltoo, Dina N, Ellinor, Patrick T., Schnabel, R.B., Evans, M.K., Lund University., Kerr Kathleen F., Liu, Y, Cameron Palmer, Paltoo Dina N., Meng Yan A., Fox, Ervin R, Mehra Reena, Alonso, A., Patrick T. Ellinor, Anne B Newman, Redline Susan, Nalls, MA, Ellinor, PT, Schnabel, Renate B., Redline, Susan, Ellinor, P.T., Sotoodehnia, Nona, Nalls, Michael A., Arne Pfeufer, Smith J. Gustav, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Solomon K Musani, Redline, S, Fox, ER, Renate B. Schnabel, Evans, Michele K., Mehra, R, Heckbert, SR, Meng, Yan A, Heckbert, Susan R, Christopher Newton-Cheh, Meng, YA, Evans, DS, Ervin R. Fox, Soliman Elsayed Z., Heckbert, Susan R., Michael A Nalls, Yan A. Meng, Fox, E.R., Susan Redline, Newton-Cheh Christopher, Fox, Ervin R., Evans, Michele K, Kathleen F. Kerr, Liu Yongmei, Alvaro Alonso, Nalls Michael A., Deo, R, Musani Solomon K., Newton-Cheh, C., Alan B. Zonderman, Soliman, EZ, Lubitz, S.A., Soliman, Elsayed Z., Dina N. Paltoo, Steven A Lubitz, Lubitz, SA, Alan B Zonderman, Evans, MK, Magnani, J.W., Patrick T Ellinor, Deo Rajat, Lubitz, Steven A, Nalls, Michael A, Pfeufer, A., Meng, Y.A., Evans Michele K., Benjamin, Emelia J., Benjamin Emelia J., Pfeufer Arne, Paltoo, D.N., Smith, J. Gustav, Sotoodehnia Nona, Elsayed Z Soliman, Soliman, E.Z., Jared W Magnani, Meng, Yan A., Redline, S., Newton-Cheh, C, Benjamin, Emelia J, Zonderman Alan B., Daniel S. Evans, Müller, M, Kerr, Kathleen F, Alonso, Alvaro, Rajat Deo, Kerr, KF, Schnabel, RB, Pfeufer, A, Müller, M., Paltoo, DN, Palmer, Cameron, Nona Sotoodehnia, Solomon K. Musani, Newman Anne B., Lubitz Steven A., Yongmei Liu, Zonderman, A.B., Nalls, M.A., Musani, S.K., Deo, Rajat, Musani, SK, Evans Daniel S., Deo, R., Dina N Paltoo, Newman, AB, Michele K. Evans, Mehra, Reena, Fox Ervin R., Yan A Meng, Evans, D.S., Evans, Daniel S., Benjamin, EJ, Susan R Heckbert, Emelia J. Benjamin, J. Gustav Smith, Reena Mehra, Palmer, C, Liu, Y., Magnani, Jared W, Anne B. Newman, Smith, Gustav, Daniel S Evans, Lubitz, Steven A., Steven A. Lubitz, Michael A. Nalls, Heckbert Susan R., Magnani Jared W., Müller Martina, Sotoodehnia, N   +180 more
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Coccidioidomycosis in African Americans [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2011
Coccidioidomycosis is caused by Coccidioides species, a fungus endemic to the desert regions of the southwestern United States, and is of particular concern for African Americans. We performed a PubMed search of the English-language medical literature on coccidioidomycosis in African Americans and summarized the pertinent literature.
Barbara E, Ruddy, Anita P, Mayer, Marcia G, Ko, Helene R, Labonte, Jill A, Borovansky, Erika S, Boroff, Janis E, Blair   +6 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, 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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