Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2415983
William Johnson
{"title":"Preece & Baines (1978): essential reading for anyone wanting to model human physical growth curves.","authors":"William Johnson","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2415983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2415983","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"2415983"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phylogeographic analysis of Y-chromosomal haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472, a minor paternal lineage of Han populations with possible ancestry of Xiongnu.","authors":"Xian-Peng Zhang, Hui-Xin Yu, Jin Sun, Hui Li, Kai-Jun Liu, Lan-Hai Wei","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2398610","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2398610","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Y-chromosome haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472, a unique paternal line in the ancient Xiongnu population, is concentrated in the modern Han people. The most closely related lineage of this paternal lineage is mainly distributed in Tungusic-, Mongolic-, and Turkic-speaking populations.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To investigate the formation process of this unique distribution state.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>In total, 36 sequences of haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472 were analysed to generate a revised phylogenetic tree with age estimation and to explore the geographic distribution pattern.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results suggested that northern China is likely the diffusion centre of this paternal haplogroup. This lineage is concentrated in the Liu clan () of Han populations and may have originated in the Tuge tribe () of Xiongnu populations. The initial expansion (∼2,600 years ago) and the second phase of expansion (∼1,570 years ago) of haplogroup C2a-M48-F8472 coincide with the earlier appearance and later disappearance of the Tuge tribe. As a sub-clade of M48, the history of F8472 suggested that ancient peoples related to Tungusic-speaking populations were intricately connected with the demographic history of populations in the Mongolian Plateau.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The appearance of this paternal line in the Han population is helpful for understanding the mixed history of ancient and modern people in the Mongolian Plateau and Central China.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"2398610"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-08-15DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2379900
Davide Risso, Dennis Drayna
{"title":"To be or not to be bitter? The knowns, and unknowns, of the genetics of phenylthiocarbamide perception.","authors":"Davide Risso, Dennis Drayna","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2379900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2379900","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"2379900"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141983817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forensic parameters and population analysis of 21 autosomal STR loci in the Wuhu Han population from Anhui Province, East China.","authors":"Yanyan Yang, Qianqian Li, Xinrui Yang, Ziwei Zhang, Yongliang Hu, Yue Zhang, Fang He","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2298470","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2298470","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>At present, there are no available genetic data on the AGCU EX22 Kit from the Wuhu Han population.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study investigates the applicability of the AGCU EX22 kit, designed for the Chinese population for forensic analysis and population genetics of the Wuhu Han population.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>Bloodstains from 1565 unrelated healthy individuals in Wuhu city, Anhui Province, were collected for analysis. The AGCU EX22 kit was used for amplification, and capillary electrophoresis was used to separate the amplification products. Allele frequencies and forensic parameters were determined. The Wuhu Han population was compared to 10 reference populations through genetic distance, a phylogenetic neighbor-joining tree and principal component analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 281 alleles and 1187 genotypes were observed. No significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at any locus were found after Bonferroni's correction. The 21 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) genetic markers exhibited high informativeness and polymorphism. The cumulative power of discrimination and power of exclusion were 0.999999999999999999999999913380 and 0.999999996752339, respectively. Population comparisons revealed a genetic affinity between Wuhu Han and southern Han populations, except for the Guangdong Han population, which aligned with the traditional geographical division in China.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The AGCU EX22 Kit, containing 21 STR loci, is suitable for forensic application and population genetics studies in the Wuhu Han population.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139514157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-01-22DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2023.2294743
Kuo Zeng, Dong Zhao
{"title":"Genetic polymorphism analysis and forensic application evaluation of 57 insertion/deletion polymorphisms from Yi ethnic group in Yunnan.","authors":"Kuo Zeng, Dong Zhao","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2294743","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2294743","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As a new kind of diallelic genetic marker, insertion/deletion (InDel) polymorphisms have recently been used in forensic science. However, there are relatively few studies on the forensic evaluation of InDel genetic polymorphisms from different populations.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of the present work is to assess the genetic polymorphism and forensic applicability of 57 InDels from the Yi ethnic group and explore the genetic background of this group.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>A total sample of 122 unrelated individuals of Yi group from the Yunnan province were genotyped by the AGCU indel 60 Kit. Multiplex population genetic analyses on the same 57 InDels were carried out among the Yunnan Yi group and 29 reference populations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average allele frequency of these loci in the Yi ethnic group was 0.485. Heterozygosity, polymorphism information content, and the power of discrimination were 0.477, 0.362, and 0.612, respectively. The combined power of discrimination and the combined power of exclusion reached to 0.99999999999999999669 and 0.999962965, respectively. The results showed that 57 InDels polymorphisms have high genetic polymorphisms in the Yi ethnic group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The 57 InDels could be used for forensic individual identification, paternity testing, and intercontinental population discrimination, with the potential for use in biogeographic ancestry inference.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139514158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic variants in <i>BDNF</i> (<i>rs6265</i> and <i>rs11030119</i>) and stroke susceptibility: a case-control analysis in South India.","authors":"Anushree Muraleedharan Nair, Chandrasudan Ramamoorthi, Madhushri Arumugam Senthilkumar, Remasri Kanniyapillai, Praveen Kumar Chandra Sekar, Akram Husain Rehman Syed Rasheed, Subramaniyan Kannaian, Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2415984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2415984","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the cerebral cortex is blocked, depriving it of oxygen and glucose, leading to cell death. It is a multifactorial disorder influenced by genetic, vascular, and environmental factors.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study investigated the association between two polymorphisms of the <i>brain-derived neurotrophic factor</i> (BDNF) gene, <i>rs6265</i> and <i>rs11030119</i>, and stroke risk in a South Indian population.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>The study included 163 stroke cases and 160 healthy controls. Genomic DNA was extracted, and genotyping of <i>rs6265</i> and <i>rs11030119</i> polymorphisms was done using ARMS-PCR. Allelic and genotype frequencies were calculated, and odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were determined using SPSS version 21.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The <i>rs6265</i> polymorphism was significantly associated with stroke risk, with the GG genotype more frequent in controls (OR 1.79, 95% CI 1.05-1.76, <i>p</i> = 0.01). The <i>rs11030119</i> polymorphism showed a positive association, with the AA genotype more prevalent in cases (OR 2.70, 95% CI 1.34-5.44, <i>p</i> = 0.003).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study suggests an association between <i>BDNF</i> polymorphisms (<i>rs6265</i>, <i>rs1103011</i>9) and stroke risk in a South Indian population. Further research in larger populations is necessary to confirm these findings and explore the mechanisms involved.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"2415984"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-07-09DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2369274
Feng Zhao, Fang Pan, Jian Li
{"title":"Relationship between dietary inflammation index and frailty in patients with osteoarthritis.","authors":"Feng Zhao, Fang Pan, Jian Li","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2369274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2369274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic joint disease that significantly affects an individual's quality-of-life and frailty has become one of the common complications in OA patients as the disease progresses. The relationship between dietary patterns is not clear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All participants are from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and have been diagnosed with OA. The dietary inflammation index (DII) is calculated based on the dietary intake reported by the participants. Logistic regression analysis is used to investigate the relationship between DII and frailty. Restricted cubic splines are utilised to explore their nonlinear relationship. Mediation analysis is conducted to explore the role of inflammation in this relationship.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 2,530 OA patients were included in the study, with an average age of 64.46 (12.67) years. After adjusting for covariates, for each one standard deviation increase in DII, the risk of frailty increased by 15% (OR = 1.15, 95% CI = 1.03-1.28). Compared to patients with DII < -1, patients with DII > 1 had a significantly higher risk of frailty (OR = 1.50, 95% CI = 1.05-2.14).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings of this study indicate a positive association between DII and the risk of frailty in OA patients. These results underscore the potential impact of dietary interventions in improving the quality-of-life for OA patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"2369274"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141560276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-07-16DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2366248
María Esther Esteban, Débora Pino, Alicia Romero-Lorca, Apolonia Novillo, María Gaibar, José A Riancho, Augusto Rojas-Martínez, Carlos Flores, Pablo Lapunzina, Ángel Carracedo, Georgios Athanasiadis, Ana Fernández-Santander
{"title":"Worldwide distribution of genetic factors related to severity of COVID-19 infection.","authors":"María Esther Esteban, Débora Pino, Alicia Romero-Lorca, Apolonia Novillo, María Gaibar, José A Riancho, Augusto Rojas-Martínez, Carlos Flores, Pablo Lapunzina, Ángel Carracedo, Georgios Athanasiadis, Ana Fernández-Santander","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2366248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2366248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Genome-wide association studies of COVID-19 severity have been carried out mostly on European or East Asian populations with small representation of other world regions. Here we explore the worldwide distribution and linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns of genetic variants previously associated with COVID-19 severity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We followed up the results of a large Spanish genome-wide meta-analysis on 26 populations from the 1000 Genomes Project by calculating allele frequencies and LD scores of the nine most significant SNPs. We also used the entire set of summary statistics to compute polygenic risk scores (PRSs) and carried out comparisons at the population and continental level.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We observed the strongest differences among continental regions for the five top SNPs in chromosome 3. European, American, and South Asian populations showed similar LD patterns. Average PRSs in South Asian and American populations were consistently higher than those observed in Europeans. While PRS distributions were similar among South Asians, the American populations showed striking differences among them.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Considering the caveats of PRS transferability across ethnicities, our analysis showed that American populations present the highest genetic risk score, hence potentially higher propensity, for COVID-19 severity. Independent validation is warranted with additional summary statistics and phenotype data.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"2366248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141621718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-03-13DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2323037
Julio Lara-Riegos, Hugo Azcorra, Juan Carlos Salazar-Rendón, Víctor Arana-Argáez, María Teresa Castillo-Burguete, Nina Mendez-Dominguez
{"title":"Birthweight and its association with cardiometabolic risk parameters in rural Maya children from Yucatan, Mexico.","authors":"Julio Lara-Riegos, Hugo Azcorra, Juan Carlos Salazar-Rendón, Víctor Arana-Argáez, María Teresa Castillo-Burguete, Nina Mendez-Dominguez","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2323037","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2323037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Knowledge about the influence of early developmental factors on cardiometabolic health in the Maya is limited.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To analyse the relationship between birthweight (BW) and cardiometabolic parameters in a sample of rural Maya children from Yucatan, Mexico.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>We took anthropometric measurements and obtained data on BW and fasting blood samples in a sample of 75 children aged 5-14 years. Dependent variables were: fat mass index (FMI), body mass index (BMI), glucose (G), triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), LDL/HDL and TC/HDL ratios and metabolic index (TGxG/HDL<sup>2</sup>). Outcomes were transformed to <i>y</i> = 100 log(e)x and the resulting estimates are interpreted as symmetrical percentage differences. The main independent variable was BW z-score. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to assess the relationship between BW and outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An increase of one standard deviation in BW predicted 6.6% (95% CI [-11.6, -1.6]) decrease in HDL and 11% (95% CI [3.7, 18.4]), 7.8% (95% CI [2.3, 13.2]) and 19.6% (95% CI [3.1, 36]) increases in LDL/HDL, TC/HDL and metabolic index, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Higher birthweights were associated with adverse levels of biochemical parameters in this sample of rural Maya children.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"2323037"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140121262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-06-27DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2368851
Theresa E Gildner, Samuel S Urlacher, Katherine L Nemeth, Jade A Beauregard, Marcela Pfaff Nash, Angela Zhang, Sophie Waimon, Tara J Cepon-Robins
{"title":"Dual burden of infectious and chronic disease in low-resource U.S. communities: examining relationships between infection, adiposity, and inflammation.","authors":"Theresa E Gildner, Samuel S Urlacher, Katherine L Nemeth, Jade A Beauregard, Marcela Pfaff Nash, Angela Zhang, Sophie Waimon, Tara J Cepon-Robins","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2024.2368851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2024.2368851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Rising global obesity rates are linked with inflammation and associated morbidities. These negative outcomes are generally more common in low-resource communities within high-income countries; however, it is unclear how frequent infectious disease exposures in these settings may influence the relationship between adiposity and inflammation.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>We test associations between adiposity measures and distinct forms of inflammation among adults (<i>n</i> = 80) living in low-resource U.S. communities experiencing high levels of obesity and pathogen exposure.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>Adiposity measures included BMI and percent body fat. Inflammation measures included systemic inflammation (C-reactive protein [CRP]) and localised intestinal inflammation (faecal calprotectin [FC]). The relationship between a condition characterised by elevated inflammation (<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection) and adiposity was also considered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adiposity was not significantly related to FC concentration. However, both adiposity measures were positively related with odds of CRP elevation and <i>H. pylori</i> infection was associated with significantly lower adiposity measures (all <i>p</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>For this disadvantaged U.S. sample, the association between adiposity and inflammation varies by the systemic/localised nature of inflammation and the likely underlying cause of inflammation. Defining these associations will improve understanding of how rising obesity rates shape long-term health inequities, with implications for more effective intervention design.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"51 1","pages":"2368851"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141460553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}