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Genetic Associations of PPARGC1A with Type 2 Diabetes: Differences among Populations with African Origins

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Diabetes in African Americans [PDF]

open access: yesPostgraduate 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 ...
openaire   +2 more sources

APOL1 Risk Variants Independently Associated With Early Cardiovascular Disease Death

open access: yesKidney 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mental Health Screening Needs and Preference in Treatment Types and Providers in African American and Asian American Older Adults

open access: yesBrain 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 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   +24 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Quantitative proteomics of cerebrospinal fluid from African Americans and Caucasians reveals shared and divergent changes in Alzheimer’s disease

open access: yesMolecular 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   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A meta-analysis of COVID-19 vaccines acceptance among black/African American

open access: yesHeliyon, 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Apolipoprotein [a] genotype influences isoform dominance pattern differently in African Americans and Caucasians

open access: yesJournal of Lipid Research, 2002
Plasma lipoprotein [a] (Lp[a]) concentrations are inversely associated with, and largely determined by, apolipoprotein [a] (apo[a]) gene size, a highly polymorphic trait.
Jill Rubin   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural Psychology of African Americans

open access: yes, 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   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
African Americans are disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes (T2DM) yet few studies have examined T2DM using genome-wide association approaches in this ethnicity.
Bostrom, Meredith A   +999 more
core   +1 more source

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