Asset Details

MbrlCatalogueTitleDetail

Do you wish to reserve the book?

Ethnicity, Body Mass, and Genome-Wide Data

by Blalock, Casey L. , McQueen, Matthew B. , Field, Samuel H. , Lu, Ying , Stallings, Michael C. , Crowley, Thomas J. , Hewitt, John K. , Domingue, Benjamin W. , Boardman, Jason D. , Corley, Robin P.

in Adolescent / Adolescents / Body Mass Index / Body Weight / Body Weight - ethnology / Body Weight - genetics / Colorado - epidemiology / Epidemiology / Ethnicity / Female / Genetics / Genome-Wide Association Study / Humans / Male / Obesity - ethnology / Obesity - genetics / Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Principal Component Analysis / Racial Differences / Respect / Risk Factors / Whites / Young Adult / Young Adults

2010

Yes Please

Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!

By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.

Oops! Something went wrong.

Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.

Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?

Ethnicity, Body Mass, and Genome-Wide Data

by Blalock, Casey L. , McQueen, Matthew B. , Field, Samuel H. , Lu, Ying , Stallings, Michael C. , Crowley, Thomas J. , Hewitt, John K. , Domingue, Benjamin W. , Boardman, Jason D. , Corley, Robin P.

2010

Confirm

Do you wish to request the book?

Ethnicity, Body Mass, and Genome-Wide Data

by Blalock, Casey L. , McQueen, Matthew B. , Field, Samuel H. , Lu, Ying , Stallings, Michael C. , Crowley, Thomas J. , Hewitt, John K. , Domingue, Benjamin W. , Boardman, Jason D. , Corley, Robin P.

2010

Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy

How would you like to get it?

Submit

We have requested the book for you!

Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.

Oops! Something went wrong.

Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.

Journal Article

Ethnicity, Body Mass, and Genome-Wide Data

Blalock, Casey L.,

McQueen, Matthew B.,

Field, Samuel H.,

Lu, Ying,

Stallings, Michael C.,

Crowley, Thomas J.,

Hewitt, John K.,

Domingue, Benjamin W.,

Boardman, Jason D.,

Corley, Robin P.

2010

Overview

This article combines social and genetic epidemiology to examine the influence of self-reported ethnicity on body mass index (BMI) among a sample of adolescents and young adults. We use genetic information from more than 5,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms in combination with principal components analysis to characterize population ancestry of individuals in this study. We show that non-Hispanic white and Mexican-American respondents differ significantly with respect to BMI and differ on the first principal component from the genetic data. This first component is positively associated with BMI and accounts for roughly 3% of the genetic variance in our sample. However, after controlling for this genetic measure, the observed ethnic differences in BMI remain large and statistically significant. This study demonstrates a parsimonious method to adjust for genetic differences among individual respondents that may contribute to observed differences in outcomes. In this case, adjusting for genetic background has no bearing on the influence of self-identified ethnicity.

Share this book

Add to My Shelf

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Subject

/ Body Weight - ethnology

/ Body Weight - genetics

/ Colorado - epidemiology