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Genome-wide meta-analyses of smoking behaviors in African Americans.
Translational psychiatry - 22 May 2012
David S P, Hamidovic A, Chen G K, Bergen A W, Wessel J, Kasberger J L, Brown W M, Petruzella S, Thacker E L, Kim Y, Nalls M A, Tranah G J, Sung Y J, Ambrosone C B, Arnett D, Bandera E V, Becker D M, Becker L, Berndt S I, Bernstein L, Blot W J, Broeckel U, Buxbaum S G, Caporaso N, Casey G, Chanock S J, Deming S L, Diver W R, Eaton C B, Evans D S, Evans M K, Fornage M, Franceschini N, Harris T B, Henderson B E, Hernandez D G, Hitsman B, Hu J J, Hunt S C, Ingles S A, John E M, Kittles R, Kolb S, Kolonel L N, Le Marchand L, Liu Y, Lohman K K, McKnight B, Millikan R C, Murphy A, Neslund-Dudas C, Nyante S, Press M, Psaty B M, Rao D C, Redline S, Rodriguez-Gil J L, Rybicki B A, Signorello L B, Singleton A B, Smoller J, Snively B, Spring B, Stanford J L, Strom S S, Swan G E, Taylor K D, Thun M J, Wilson A F, Witte J S, Yamamura Y, Yanek L R, Yu K, Zheng W, Ziegler R G, Zonderman A B, Jorgenson E, Haiman C A, Furberg H
Abstract excerpt
The identification and exploration of genetic loci that influence smoking behaviors have been conducted primarily in populations of the European ancestry. Here we report results of the first genome-wide association study meta-analysis of smoking behavior in African Americans in the Study of Tobacco in Minority Populations Genetics Consortium (n = 32,389). We identified one non-coding single-nucleotide...
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