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Genetic ancestry and lower extremity peripheral artery disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Vascular medicine (London, England) - 1 Oct 2010
Allison Matthew A, Peralta Carmen A, Wassel Christina L, Aboyans Victor, Arnett Donna K, Cushman Mary, Eng John, Ix Joachim, Rich Stephen S, Criqui Michael H
Abstract excerpt
Using self-report of race/ethnicity, African Americans consistently have a higher prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared to other ethnic groups. We aimed to determine the associations between estimated genetic admixture and PAD among African and Hispanic Americans. We studied the association between genetic ancestry and PAD among 1417 African and Hispanic American participants in the Multi-Ethnic...
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