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SUBMITTER: Zhao X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6357353 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC medical genomics 20190131 Suppl 1
<h4>Background</h4>Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and kidney disease are among the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. However, knowledge of genetic determinants of those diseases in African Americans remains limited.<h4>Results</h4>In our study, associations between 4956 GWAS catalog reported SNPs and 67 traits were examined among 7726 African Americans from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, which is focused on identifying factors that ...[more]