Table 1.

Associations between BMI (body mass index = kg/m²) and European, African and Amerindian admixture since 2003.

Admixture Associated with BMI	Study Population	Direction of Association with BMI	Ancestry Measured			Reference
			Eu	Af	Am
European Admixture	Mexican American men and women	+	×	×	×	Tang 2006 [62]
	Native American men and women	-	×	×	×	Klimentidis 2009 [33]
	African American men and women	-	×	×		Cheng 2010 [27]
	Women in Brazil over 60 yrs	+	×	×	×	Lins 2012 [66]
	African American and Hispanic American women	-	×	×	×	Nassir 2012 [32]
African Admixture	African American women	+	×	×		Fernandez 2003 [25]
	African American men and women	+	×	×	×	Tang 2006 [62]
	Women from the Dominican Republic	+	×	×	×	Tajima 2006 [67]
	African American and Hispanic American women	+	×	×	×	Nassir 2012 [32]
	African American women	+	×	×	×	Nassir 2012 [32]
Amerindian Admixture	Mexican American men and women	-	×	×	×	Tang 2006 [62]
	African American and Hispanic American women	-	×	×	×	Nassir 2012 [32]

*Eu = European, Af = African, Am = Amerindian.