UNLABELLED: Individual-specific percent European ancestry was assessed in 1,277 African Americans. We found significant correlations between proportion of European ancestry and several musculoskeletal traits, indicating that admixture mapping may be a useful strategy for locating genes affecting these traits. INTRODUCTION: Genotype data for admixed populations can be used to detect chromosomal regions influencing disease risk if allele frequencies at disease-related loci differ between parental populations. We assessed evidence for differentially distributed alleles affecting bone and body composition traits in African Americans. METHODS: Bone mineral density (BMD) and body composition data were collected for 1,277 African and 1,790 European Americans (aged 70-79). Maximum likelihood methods were used to estimate individual-specific percent European ancestry for African Americans genotyped at 37 ancestry-informative genetic markers. Partial correlations between body composition traits and percent European ancestry were calculated while simultaneously adjusting for the effects of covariates. RESULTS: Percent European ancestry (median = 18.7%) in African Americans was correlated with femoral neck BMD in women (r = -0.18, p < 10(-5)) and trabecular spine BMD in both sexes (r = -0.18, p < 10(-5)) independently of body size, fat, lean mass, and other covariates. Significant associations of European ancestry with appendicular lean mass (r = -0.19, p < 10(-10)), total lean mass (r = -0.12, p < 10(-4)), and total body fat (r = 0.09, p < 0.002) were also observed for both sexes. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that some population differences in body composition may be due to population-specific allele frequencies, suggesting the utility of admixture mapping for identifying susceptibility genes for osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and obesity.
UNLABELLED: Individual-specific percent European ancestry was assessed in 1,277 African Americans. We found significant correlations between proportion of European ancestry and several musculoskeletal traits, indicating that admixture mapping may be a useful strategy for locating genes affecting these traits. INTRODUCTION: Genotype data for admixed populations can be used to detect chromosomal regions influencing disease risk if allele frequencies at disease-related loci differ between parental populations. We assessed evidence for differentially distributed alleles affecting bone and body composition traits in African Americans. METHODS: Bone mineral density (BMD) and body composition data were collected for 1,277 African and 1,790 European Americans (aged 70-79). Maximum likelihood methods were used to estimate individual-specific percent European ancestry for African Americans genotyped at 37 ancestry-informative genetic markers. Partial correlations between body composition traits and percent European ancestry were calculated while simultaneously adjusting for the effects of covariates. RESULTS: Percent European ancestry (median = 18.7%) in African Americans was correlated with femoral neck BMD in women (r = -0.18, p < 10(-5)) and trabecular spine BMD in both sexes (r = -0.18, p < 10(-5)) independently of body size, fat, lean mass, and other covariates. Significant associations of European ancestry with appendicular lean mass (r = -0.19, p < 10(-10)), total lean mass (r = -0.12, p < 10(-4)), and total body fat (r = 0.09, p < 0.002) were also observed for both sexes. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that some population differences in body composition may be due to population-specific allele frequencies, suggesting the utility of admixture mapping for identifying susceptibility genes for osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and obesity.
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