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Admixture mapping identifies novel Alzheimer's disease risk regions in African Americans.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 1 Jun 2023
Rajabli Farid, Tosto Giuseppe, Hamilton-Nelson Kara L, Kunkle Brian W, Vardarajan Badri N, Naj Adam, Whitehead Patrice G, Gardner Olivia K, Bush William S, Sariya Sanjeev, Mayeux Richard P, Farrer Lindsay A, Cuccaro Michael L, Vance Jeffrey M, Griswold Anthony J, Schellenberg Gerard D, Haines Jonathan L, Byrd Goldie S, Reitz Christiane, Beecham Gary W, Pericak-Vance Margaret A, Martin Eden R
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BACKGROUND: This study used admixture mapping to prioritize the genetic regions associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in African American (AA) individuals, followed by ancestry-aware regression analysis to fine-map the prioritized regions. METHODS: We analyzed 10,271 individuals from 17 different AA datasets. We performed admixture mapping and meta-analyzed the results. We then used regression analysis,...
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