African biogeographical ancestry, atopic and non-atopic asthma and atopy: A study in Latin American children.
Thiago Magalhães da SilvaRosemeire L FiacconeFernanda S G KehdyEduardo Tarazona-SantosLaura C RodriguesGustavo N O CostaCamila A FigueiredoDarci N Dos SantosCaroline A FeitosaGisel L FattoreLeticia M SantosNeuza M Alcantara-NevesÁlvaro A CruzMaurício L BarretoPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2018)
The negative association observed between African ancestry and atopy is most probably explained by unobserved environmental or social factors that covariate with ancestry. For non-atopic asthma, in turn, putative genetic variants of risk underlying African ancestry may play some role.