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

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0122808

PubMed ID

25875902

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2015

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, New England Research Institutes, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA 02472, United States of America.

Authors

Fang SC, Florez JC, Goonesekera SD, McKinlay JB, Piccolo RS

Studies

BACH

Citation

Goonesekera SD, Fang SC, Piccolo RS, Florez JC, McKinlay JB. Biogeographic ancestry is associated with higher total body adiposity among African-American females: the Boston Area Community Health Survey. PLoS One 2015 Apr 13;10(4):e0122808. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122808. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

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.