Association of serum lipid components and obesity with genetic ancestry in an admixed population of elderly women.

ABSTRACT: The prevalence of metabolic disorders varies among ethnic populations and these disorders represent a critical health care issue for elderly women. This study investigated the correlation between genetic ancestry and body composition, metabolic traits and clinical status in a sample of elderly women. Clinical, nutritional and anthropometric data were collected from 176 volunteers. Genetic ancestry was estimated using 23 ancestry-informative markers. Pearsons correlation test was used to examine the relationship between continuous variables and an independent samples t-test was used to compare the means of continuous traits within categorical variables. Overall ancestry was a combination of European (57.49%), Native American (25.78%) and African (16.73%). Significant correlations were found

SUBMITTER: Lins TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3459405 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature