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Surname-inferred Andean ancestry is associated with child stature and limb lengths at high altitude in Peru, but not at sea level
(Wiley, 2015)
OBJECTIVES: Native Andean ancestry gives partial protection from reduced birthweight at high altitude in the Andes compared with European ancestry. Whether Andean ancestry is also associated with body proportions and greater ...
African Ancestry is a Risk Factor for Asthma and High Total IgE Levels in African Admixed Populations
(2013)
Characterization of genetic admixture of populations in the Americas and the Caribbean is of interest for anthropological, epidemiological, and historical reasons. Asthma has a higher prevalence and is more severe in ...
Challenges and disparities in the application of personalized genomic medicine to populations with African ancestry
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
Socioeconomic Position, But Not African Genomic Ancestry, Is Associated With Blood Pressure in the Bambui-Epigen (Brazil) Cohort Study of Aging
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
Genetic diversity of the JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) and mitochondrial DNA ancestry in Misiones, Argentina
(Elsevier Science, 2019-11)
Background: The use of human and viral genetic markers offers a novel way to study human migration in multiethnic populations of Latin America. Objectives: Our goal was to characterize the genetic diversity and geographical ...
Population, Epidemiological, and Functional Genetics of Gastric Cancer Candidate Genes in Peruvians with Predominant Amerindian Ancestry
(Springer, 2015)
Background. Gastric adenocarcinoma is associated with chronic infection by Helicobacter pylori and with the host inflammatory response triggered by it, with substantial inter-person variation in the immune response profile ...
Gallbladder Cancer Risk and Indigenous South American Mapuche Ancestry: Instrumental Variable Analysis Using Ancestry-Informative Markers
(2023)
A strong association between the proportion of indigenous South American Mapuche ancestry and the risk of gallbladder cancer (GBC) has been reported in observational studies. Chileans show the highest incidence of GBC ...
Somatic Mutations and Ancestry Markers in Hispanic Lung Cancer Patients
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background: This study examined lung cancer tumor samples from 163 Hispanic patients. Tumor-derived DNA was subjected to targeted-exome sequencing and ancestry analysis. Results: Among adenocarcinomas (n=120) in the Hispanic ...