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Self-reported color-race and genomic ancestry in an admixed population: A contribution of a nationwide survey in patients with type 1 diabetes in Brazil

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 140; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.diabres.2018.03.021

1872-8227

Marília Brito Gomes, Aline Brazão Gabrielli, Deborah Conte Santos, Marcela Pizarro, Bianca Senger Vasconcelos Barros, Carlos Antônio Negrato, Sérgio Atala Dib, Luís Cristóvão Pôrto, Silva Da,

Diabetes and associated disorders

Aims The development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its chronic complications may have a genetic background. The primary objective of our study was to characterize the relationship between self-reported color-race and genomic ancestry (GA) in patients with T1D. As secondary objective, we aimed to characterize GA of patients with T1D from different urban geographical regions of Brazil, compared to healthy Brazilian controls from the same regions. Methods This was a cross-sectional, nationwide survey conducted in 14 public clinics from 10 Brazilian cities. Global and individual GA were inferred using a panel of 46 ancestry informative markers (AIMs) in 1698 T1D patients. Ancestry percentage was compared with published data of Brazilian healthy controls (n = 936) for the same AIMs. Results A higher median individual European ancestry was observed in T1D patients in comparison to controls 67.8 [31.2] vs. 56.3 [25.7]%, respectively (median [IQR]; p < 0.001). As for self-reported color-race in T1D group, 923 (54.3%) participants reported to be White, 610 (35.9%) Brown, 132 (7.8%) Black, 18 (1.1%) Asian and 15 (0.9%) Indigenous. European GA prevailed in those who self-reported as White (74.6%) and Brown (61.1%) and constituted 39.1% in Black self-reported patients. Conclusions Our study showed that T1D patients presented a higher percentage of European GA than the healthy population. Additionally, European GA was found in a considerable percentage of T1D patients who self-reported as non-White. Further studies are necessary to establish the influence of GA in the development of T1D as well its related chronic complications in admixed populations.