Study Of Obesity Among Africans

Study Of Obesity Among Africans.
A genetic anomaly associated with an increased endanger of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and other health problems is trite in Africans and people of African descent worldwide, according to a new study Dec 2013. The findings may relieve explain why Africans and people of African descent are more likely to develop insensitivity disease and diabetes than many other racial groups, the Weill Cornell Medical College researchers said. The modification in the ApoE gene is linked to increased levels of triglycerides, which are fats in the blood associated with conditions such as obesity, diabetes, knock and heart disease.

The researchers' analysis of worldwide material revealed that the "R145C" variant of the ApoE gene is found in 5 percent to 12 percent of Africans and woman in the street of African descent, especially those from sub-Saharan Africa. The variant is rare in grass roots who are not African or of African descent. "Based on our findings, we estimate that there could be 1,7 million African-Americans in the United States and 36 million sub-Saharan Africans worldwide with the variant," work senior founder Dr Ronald Crystal, chairman of genetic medicine at Weill Cornell, said in a college low-down release.