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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Genet. 2009 Mar 22;125(5-6):605–613. doi: 10.1007/s00439-009-0647-4

Table 1.

Demographics data and admixture rates of our sample

Ancestry-validated European-Americans (n=3119) Ancestry-validated African-Americans (n=751)


Size
(n)
Male
(%)
Mean Age
(years)
European ancestry
≥90%a (%)
Admixture
(%)
P valueb Size
(n)
Male
(%)
Mean Age
(years)
African ancestry
≥90%a (%)
Admixture
(%)
P valueb
West Africans 78 38.5 98.7 0.61±1.71
Healthy Controls 811 45.9 29.7±11.8 96.4 1.79±3.94 135 39.1 33.9±12.1 91.1 3.50±7.90
Substance Dependence 1527 67.1 41.5±9.9 97.8 1.38±2.99 0.009 397 65.5 39.2±8.1 89.7 4.27±8.56 0.355
    Alcohol Dependence 1450 67.0 42.0±9.8 97.9 1.37±2.98 0.008 330 66.7 40.7±8.1 90.0 4.17±8.27 0.418
    Cocaine Dependence 259 69.9 36.9±7.9 97.3 1.62±4.00 0.534 200 66.5 38.7±8.1 90.0 4.16±8.98 0.489
    Opioid Dependence 123 57.7 37.5±9.2 97.6 1.39±2.59 0.269 72 58.3 41.5±8.6 87.5 4.58±9.43 0.384
Social Phobia 122 45.2 39.4±14.2 92.6 2.23±4.64 0.326 6 50.0 36.5±12.8 83.3 5.22±8.28 0.604
Affective Disorders 363 44.9 39.8±14.2 93.7 2.41±5.58 0.057 37 56.8 41.4±7.9 94.6 3.15±5.20 0.799
Schizophrenia 296 20.9 40.4±11.6 96.3 1.73±3.60 0.814 98 18.4 41.5±11.9 82.7 7.26±1.35 0.015

Admixture rates in European-Americans (or African-Americans) represent the African (or European) ancestry proportions in those subjects.

1

The percentages of subjects with European (or African) ancestry proportions ≥90%.

b

α=0.010.