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Interaction of Neighborhood and Genetic Risk on Waist Circumference in African-American Adults: A Longitudinal Study.
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine - 22 Jul 2021
McDaniel Tyler, Wilson Dawn K, Coulon M Sandra, Sweeney Allison M, Van Horn M Lee
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BACKGROUND: Understanding determinants of metabolic risk has become a national priority given the increasingly high prevalence rate of this condition among U.S. adults. PURPOSE: This study's aim was to assess the impact of gene-by-neighborhood social environment interactions on waist circumference (WC) as a primary marker of metabolic risk in underserved African-American adults. Based on a dual-risk model, it was...
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