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Biogeographic ancestry is associated with higher total body adiposity among African-American females: the Boston Area Community Health Survey.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2015

Goonesekera Sunali D, Fang Shona C, Piccolo Rebecca S, Florez Jose C, McKinlay John B

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OBJECTIVES: The prevalence of obesity is disproportionately higher among African-Americans and Hispanics as compared to whites. We investigated the role of biogeographic ancestry (BGA) on adiposity and changes in adiposity in the Boston Area Community Health Survey. METHODS: We evaluated associat...

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PMID: 25875902
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122808
PMCID: PMC4395279

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