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Effect of Genetic African Ancestry on eGFR and Kidney Disease.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jul 2015
Udler Miriam S, Nadkarni Girish N, Belbin Gillian, Lotay Vaneet, Wyatt Christina, Gottesman Omri, Bottinger Erwin P, Kenny Eimear E, Peter Inga
Abstract excerpt
Self-reported ancestry, genetically determined ancestry, and APOL1 polymorphisms are associated with variation in kidney function and related disease risk, but the relative importance of these factors remains unclear. We estimated the global proportion of African ancestry for 9048 individuals at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan (3189 African Americans, 1721 European Americans, and 4138 Hispanic/Latino...
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