From: Measuring and using admixture to study the genetics of complex diseases
Disease | High-risk groups | Low-risk groups | Relative risk ratio | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Obesity | African women | Europeans | 2:4 | [64, 65] |
Native Americans | ||||
South Asians (central adiposity,) | ||||
Pacific Islanders, Aboriginal Australians | ||||
Non-insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM) | South Asians, West Africans, Peninsular Arabs, Pacific Islanders and Native Americans | Europeans | 4:7 | [66, 67] |
Hypertension | African Americans, West Africans | Europeans | 2:3 | [68, 69] |
Coronary heart disease | South Asians | West African men | 2:4 | [70, 71] |
End-stage renal disease | Native Americans and African populations | Europeans | N/A | [72] |
Dementia | Europeans | African Americans, Hispanic Americans | N/A | [73] |
Autoimmune diseases: | ||||
Systemic lupus | West Africans | Europeans | N/A | [55] |
erythematosus | Native Americans | Europeans | ||
Skin cancer | Europeans | N/A | [74] | |
Lung cancer | Africans | European Americans, Chinese, Japanese | [75, 76] | |
Prostate cancer | Africans and African Americans | [77] | ||
Multiple sclerosis | Europeans | Chinese, Japanese, African Americans, Turkmens, Uzbeks, Native Siberians, New Zealand Maoris | N/A | [78] |
Osteoporosis | European Americans | African Americans | N/A | [79] |