Genetic ancestry-smoking interactions and lung function in African Americans: a cohort study.

Genetic ancestry-smoking interactions and lung function in African Americans: a cohort study.

Smoking tobacco reduces lung function. African Americans have both lower lung function and decreased metabolism of tobacco smoke compared to European Americans. African ancestry is also associated with lower pulmonary function in African Americans. We aimed to determine whether African ancestry modi...

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Main Authors: Melinda C Aldrich, Rajesh Kumar, Laura A Colangelo, L Keoki Williams, Saunak Sen, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Bernd Meibohm, Joshua Galanter, Donglei Hu, Christopher R Gignoux, Yongmei Liu, Tamara B Harris, Elad Ziv, Joseph Zmuda, Melissa Garcia, Tennille S Leak, Marilyn G Foreman, Lewis J Smith, Myriam Fornage, Kiang Liu, Esteban G Burchard, Health ABC and CARDIA Studies Groups
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3380861?pdf=render

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