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The contribution of genomic research to explaining racial disparities in cardiovascular disease: a systematic review.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Apr 2015
Kaufman Jay S, Dolman Lena, Rushani Dinela, Cooper Richard S
Abstract excerpt
After nearly a decade of genome-wide association studies, no assessment has yet been made of their contribution toward an explanation of the most prominent racial health disparities observed at the population level. We examined populations of African and European ancestry and focused on cardiovascular diseases, which are collectively the largest contributor to the racial mortality gap. We conducted a systematic...
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