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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

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

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

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

How White and African Americans View Their Health and Social Problems: Different Experiences, Different Expectations [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
This article seeks to examine how the gap in attitudes between the races is associated with differing life experiences. It is based on results from a recent national household survey.
Scheck, Ann C.   +6 more
core   +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

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

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

Racial Disparities in Hidradenitis Suppurativa Management at a Single Institution

open access: yesPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Background:. Hidradenitis suppurativa (H/S) disproportionately affects African Americans. We describe those affected by this disease to evaluate potential racial disparities. Methods:.
Nikhi P. Singh, MD, MBA   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parsing the Gulf between Africans and African Americans

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2018
The rise in African immigrants to the US provides an opportunity to assess relations between Africans and African Americans in college. An online survey of 322 current and recently-graduated college students (including 45 Africans, 160 African Americans,
Ashly Nsangou, Lauren Dundes
doaj   +1 more source

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