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Table 1 Comparison between estimates of genetic ancestry and self-reported race in African and European American populations from 1000 genomes project datasets

From: Self-reported race/ethnicity in the age of genomic research: its potential impact on understanding health disparities

Self-reported race

Ancestral population genetic ancestry

CEU (%)

AA (%)

Mean ± SD

Min–max

Mean ± SD

Min–max

European ancestry (CEU) (n = 87)

0.976 ± 0.022

0.887–0.994

0.024 ± 0.022

0.006–0.113

African ancestry (YRI) (n = 88)

0.013 ± 0.009

0.006–0.073

0.987 ± 0.009

0.927–0.994

African American (AA) (n = 61)

0.108 ± 0.152

0.006–0.990

0.892 ± 0.152

0.010–0.980

  1. CEU European ancestry, YRI African ancestry from Nigeria, AA African American.
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