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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Diab Rep. 2018 Nov 19;18(12):145. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-1107-0

Table 1.

Studies included in AAAGC, PAGE, and HISLA Consortia

Obesity Genetic Studies in Diverse Populations AAAGC PAGE Metabochip PAGE MEGA HISLA
1982 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study (1982 PELOTAS)        
African American Breast Cancer Consortium (AABC)        
African American Prostate Cancer Consortium (AAPC)        
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)        
Baependi Heart Study (BHS)        
Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS)        
Cancer de Mama Study (CAMA)        
Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)        
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Applied Genomics (CHOP/CAG)        
Cleveland Family Study (CFS)        
Consortium for the Analysis of the Diversity and Evolution of Latin America (CANDELA)        
Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA)        
Family Heart Study (FamHS)        
Family Investigation of Nepropathy and Diabetes (FIND)        
Genetic Relationships between NIDDM and atherosclerosis (NIDDM-Athero)        
Genetic Study of Atherosclerosis Risk (GeneSTAR)        
Genetics of Hypertension in Blacks (Maywood)        
Genetics of Hypertension in Blacks (Nigeria)        
Genetics of Latino Diabetic Retinopathy Study (GOLDR)        
Genome-Wide Association Study of Breast Cancer in the African Diaspora (ROOT)        
Health and Retirement Study (HRS)        
Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study (Health ABC)        
Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span Study (HANDLS)        
Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)        
Howard University Family Study (HUFS)        
Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN)        
Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Family Study (IRASFS)        
Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS)        
Jackson Heart Study (JHS)        
Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES)        
Mapping the genes for atherosclerosis and insulin resistance (MACAD)        
Mapping the genes for hypertension, insulin resistance, and salt sensitivity (HTN-IR)        
Mexican Hypertriglyceride Study (MHS)        
Mexico City Study (MCS)        
Mount Sinai BioMe BioBank (BioMe)        
Multi-Center Genetic Study of Hypertension (GenNet)        
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)        
Multiethnic Cohort Study – Slim Initiative in Genomic Medicine for the Americas Type 2 Diabetes Consortium (MEC-SIGMA)        
Multiethnic Cohort Study (MEC)        
Pharmacogenetics of hypertriglyceridemia in Hispanics (Hyper-TG)        
San Antonio Mexican American Family Study (SAMAFS)        
San Francisco Bay Area Breast Cancer Study (SFBCS)        
Sea Islands Genetics Network – Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (SIGNET-REGARDS)        
Starr County Health Studies (STARR COUNTY)        
Strong Heart Study (SHS)        
Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-ethnicity (SAPPHIRE)        
Taiwan Metabochip Study for Cardiovascular Disease (TaiChi)
Vanderbilt School of Medicine Biobank (BioVu)        
Wake Forest School of Medicine Study (WFSM)        
Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)        

Blue = African/ African Americans, Green = Hispanic/Latino, Orange = Multiethnic