RH blood groups and diabetic disorders: is there an effect on glycosylated hemoglobin level?

abstract：:Low-molecular-weight acid phosphatase (ACP1) is a polymorphic protein-tyrosine phosphatase present in all human tissues, including adipocytes. A positive association between the low-activity ACP1*A/*A genotype and extreme body mass index has previously been shown by us in obese subjects from the population of Rome. We...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Lucarini N,Antonacci E,Bottini N,Gloria Bottini F

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the inhabitants of South Tyrol in the eastern Italian Alps can be considered isolated populations because of their physical separation by mountain barriers and their sociocultural heritage. We analyzed the genetic structure of South Tyrolean populations using three types of genetic markers: Y-chromosome, mitoc...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Pichler I,Mueller JC,Stefanov SA,De Grandi A,Volpato CB,Pinggera GK,Mayr A,Ogriseg M,Ploner F,Meitinger T,Pramstaller PP

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We summarize several studies, from the last 10 years, of temporal changes and rural-urban differences in the risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in China to indicate the influences of economic modernization. Two national blood pressure surveys have shown that the prevalence of hypertension increased from 5.1%...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Zhai S,McGarvey ST

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the same reproductive span, more children with shorter interbirth intervals and less parental attention per child should not do as well. There should be intermediate optima in family sizes, but only two studies have demonstrated optima. The goal here is to determine whether the relationship between fitness and f...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Stevenson JC,Everson PM,Grimes M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We summarize the results of a field and laboratory research program (1999-2006) in the Aleutian Islands on the origins of the inhabitants of the archipelago and the genetic structure of these populations. The Aleuts show closest genetic affinity to the contemporary Siberian Eskimos and Chukchi of Chukotka and differ s...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Crawford MH,Rubicz RC,Zlojutro M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roots of the Hispanic populations of the Caribbean Islands and Central and South America go back to three continents of the Old World. In Puerto Rico major genetic contributions have come from (1) Asians in the form of the aboriginal Taino population, an Arawak tribe, present when Columbus arrived on the Island, (...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Fernandez-Cobo M,Jobes DV,Yanagihara R,Nerurkar VR,Yamamura Y,Ryschkewitsch CF,Stoner GL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In one of the truly classic works in anthropological genetics, Frank Livingstone established the interrelationships between agriculture, mosquito ecology, malaria, and, consequently, the frequencies of sickle cell hemoglobin in West Africa. A major inference from Livingstone's study was the recency of malaria as a sel...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Fix AG

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reanalysis of the family growth study of Pearson and Lee (1903) leads to an explanation of the inheritance of height other than the one that has been offered until now. By acknowledging that the father may be incorrectly identified, this new analysis provides a more relevant explanation of the data: it fits parallel...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Clemons T

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms in the interleukin-6 promoter region have been associated with diseases. In this study we investigated the -634G/C and -174G/C IL-6 promoter polymorphisms in three Brazilian ethnic groups. We verified that the allele frequencies of the two polymorphisms and haplotype frequencies varied significantly betw...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Gadelha SR,Alcantara LC,Costa GC,Rios DL,Galvão-Castro B

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mismatch distribution is a tabulation of the number of pairwise differences among all DNA sequences in a sample. In a population that has been stationary for a long time these distributions from nonrecombinant DNA sequences become ragged and erratic, whereas a population that has been growing generates mismatch dist...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Harpending HC

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Muslim population of India is known for its historical and socioreligious significance. Literature on the genetic structure of this segment of India's population is scanty. Therefore we have investigated the allele frequency distribution of haptoglobin (HP) and transferrin (TF) phenotypes among the Muslims to expl...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Ahmad R,Alam A,Fatima F,Hasnain AU

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I describe the developmental, metric, morphologic, and pathologic features of deciduous dentition in a terminal Late Archaic (c. 3000 B.P.) Native American population in Ohio. Development of deciduous dentition in this Late Archaic population is stable with little sequence variation. The pattern of development (ldc, l...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Sciulli PW

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction fragment length polymorphisms are good anthropological markers for discriminating geographically distinct populations at both the allele and the haplotype level. Two communities of African ancestry and ladinos, mestizos, and mulattoes living in the Esmeraldas province in northwestern Ecuador were analyzed ...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Rickards O,Martínez-Labarga C,Trucchi E,Renzi F,Casalotti R,Babalini C,Biondi G,Pepe G,De Stefano G

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the XPC, XPA, and XPG genes of the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway in the Indian population. In the XPC gene we observed nine polymorphisms in the coding region, four polymorphisms in the intronic region, and two polymorphisms in the 5' untranslated r...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Gowda S,Kumaran M,Suma BS,Rao MR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monthly distribution of live births were analyzed over a 26-year period from 1945-70 for a rural Zapotec-speaking community in Oaxaca, Mexico. Monthly distributions of births were not what would be expected by chance (p.001). High monthly percentages of births coincided closely with the rainy season in the Oaxac...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Malina RM,Himes JH

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surname analysis of over 40,000 Wisconsin cancer mortalities for the period 1979 through 1985 partially reveals the relative genetic component of various major cancers. The surname frequencies and frequency distributions indicate that both tumor-promoting and tumor-suppressing genes may be involved. A number of ca...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Cleek RK

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tribal aboriginal community, the Mowanjum, from the Kimberley region in Western Australia has been screened to determine the extent of genetic variation in the products of genes coding for apolipoproteins, which are intimately involved in lipid metabolism. Of the seven systems tested, APOE and APOH revealed common s...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Kamboh MI,Serjeantson SW,Ferrell RE

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meaningful comparison of the twinning rates of different populations can be hindered by several factors that may influence the rates. Chief among these factors are the sources of data from which the rates are derived and the maternal age structure of the populations. The effects of such factors were minimal when the...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Pollard R

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of a population structure may constitute a powerful tool for mapping genes underlying susceptibility to Mendelian and complex diseases. To obtain a better understanding of the population structure of São Miguel Island (Azorean Archipelago, Portugal), we carried out a surname survey using the surnames lis...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Branco CC,Mota-Vieira L

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of a polymorphic mitochondrial DNA insertion into the nuclear genome was determined for 870 individuals from a geographically diverse set of 20 populations. The mtDNA insertion frequency varies significantly among populations, having a large GST value (0.178) and high heterozygosity values within populat...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Thomas R,Zischler H,Pääbo S,Stoneking M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radical improvement in living conditions experienced in Italy during the last century caused a reduction in male extra-mortality during the prereproductive years. As a consequence, a progressive increase in the sex ratio at the beginning of the reproductive age (15-19 years) occurred, so that in recent times the s...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Ulizzi L,Astolfi P,Zonta LA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although anthropometric information on South American Indian populations has been collected for many years, remarkably little is known about age-related changes in their body size in adulthood. The lack of baseline information on the normal pattern of aging among Amerindian adults hinders investigations into the healt...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Dangour AD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several epidemiological studies have established that elevated serum lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] levels are independent risk factors for coronary heart disease, stroke, and restenosis of coronary lesions in white and Asian populations. Serum Lp(a) levels vary over a 1000-fold range among individuals and are under strict g...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Ali S,Bunker CH,Aston CE,Ukoli FA,Kamboh MI

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversies resulting from genetic testing on skeletal remains of disputed stewardship raise important questions about obligations inherent on genetic researchers to assure ethical chain of custody. In this article, we analyze and evaluate several proposed positions on whether such research should be published. Foll...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： May T,Nakano-Okuno M

更新日期：2019-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Preston's two-census method of demographic estimation is applied to three pairs of reconstructed censuses from the records of a migrating Mennonite church congregation covering the period 1780-1890. The three pairs of censuses correspond to three periods (1780-1790, 1850-1860, and 1880-1890) and to stays in three sett...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Everson PM,Stevenson JC,Rogers L

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main goal of the present study is to elucidate the extent to which primary characteristics of bone aging are determined by major gene effects. We report the results of a complex segregation analysis of bone mineral density (BMD) and osseographic score (OS) carried out on an array of pedigrees from rural Turkmenia....

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Livshits G,Pavlovsky O,Kobyliansky E

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models provide a powerful tool for detecting seasonal patterns in mortality statistics. The strength of ARIMA models lies in their ability to reveal complex structures of temporal interdependence in time series. Moreover, changes in model parameters provide an empirical...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Muñoz-Tudurí M,García-Moro C,Walker PL

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To what extent can ethnic factors contribute to the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in an urban Brazilian population? Conversely, how can environmental factors such as diet change these prevalences in a given ethnic group, in this case Brazilian Indians? To answer these questions est...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Palatnik M,da Silva Júnior WA,Estalote AC,de Oliveira JE,Milech A,Zago MA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity among ethnic groups is studied by comparing the genetic fingerprint of the examined groups. This index is constructed by aggregating the differential frequencies of various marker characteristics. Recent advances in the study of human biological rhythms may provide new indexes that will complement th...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Ticher A,Zoossmann-Diskin A,Haus E,Sackett-Lundeen L,Ashkenazi IE

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When sampling locations are known, the association between genetic and geographic distances can be tested by spatial autocorrelation or regression methods. These tests give some clues to the possible shape of the genetic landscape. Nevertheless, correlation analyses fail when attempting to identify where genetic barri...

journal_title：Human biology

authors： Manni F,Guérard E,Heyer E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00