Population-specific single-nucleotide polymorphism confers increased risk of venous thromboembolism in African Americans.

Daneshjou R, Cavallari LH, Weeke PE, Karczewski KJ, Drozda K, Perera MA, Johnson JA, Klein TE, Bustamante CD, Roden DM, Shaffer C, Denny JC, Zehnder JL, Altman RB. Population-specific single-nucleotide polymorphism confers increased risk of venous thromboembolism in African Americans. Molecular genetics & genomic medicine. 2016 Sep;4(4). 513-20. PMID: 27652279 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5023936

Abstract

African Americans have a higher incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) than European descent individuals. However, the typical genetic risk factors in populations of European descent are nearly absent in African Americans, and population-specific genetic factors influencing the higher VTE rate are not well characterized.