Table I. Study Subject Count by Cohort and Ethnicity.
Cohort | Ethnicity | Total (% Subjects) |
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African American | 937 (20%) | |
MEC | Japanese American | 1,256 (27%) |
Latino American | 907 (20%) | |
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NHS | European American | 1,511 (33%) |
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All | 4,611 (100%) |
Sequencing was performed for subjects from three cohorts — Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) and Nurses' Health Studies (NHS) I and II. Ethnicity refers to self-reported ancestry validated by GWAS data.