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Biogeographic Ancestry Is Associated with Higher Total Body Adiposity among African-American Females: The Boston Area Community Health Survey
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 association...
Autores principales: | Goonesekera, Sunali D., Fang, Shona C., Piccolo, Rebecca S., Florez, Jose C., McKinlay, John B. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25875902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122808 |
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