Admixture mapping of pelvic organ prolapse in African Americans from the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Therapy trial.

Admixture mapping of pelvic organ prolapse in African Americans from the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Therapy trial.

Evidence suggests European American (EA) women have two- to five-fold increased odds of having pelvic organ prolapse (POP) when compared with African American (AA) women. However, the role of genetic ancestry in relation to POP risk is not clear. Here we evaluate the association between genetic ance...

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Main Authors: Ayush Giri, Katherine E Hartmann, Melinda C Aldrich, Renee M Ward, Jennifer M Wu, Amy J Park, Mariaelisa Graff, Lihong Qi, Rami Nassir, Robert B Wallace, Mary J O'Sullivan, Kari E North, Digna R Velez Edwards, Todd L Edwards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178839
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