Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2023-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2023.2276516
Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Gregory E Erhabor, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski
{"title":"Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency.","authors":"Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Gregory E Erhabor, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2276516","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2276516","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"461-464"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71488505","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":"Bioarchaeological study of ancient Teotihuacans based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences and diet isotopes.","authors":"Fuzuki Mizuno, Fuyuki Tokanai, Masahiko Kumagai, Koji Ishiya, Saburo Sugiyama, Michiko Hayashi, Kunihiko Kurosaki, Shintaroh Ueda","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2261844","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2261844","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Teotihuacan civilisation was the largest one in ancient Mesoamerica. The Teotihuacan city was born in the north-eastern Basin of Mexico around the second century BC, reached its peak in the fourth century AD, and had cultural influence throughout Mesoamerica. At its peak, the size of the city reached more than 20 km<sup>2</sup>, and the total population is estimated to have increased from 100,000 to 200,000. However, knowledge of the genetic background of the Teotihuacan people is still limited.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>We aimed to determine the mitogenome sequences of the Teotihuacan human remains and compare the ancient and present Mesoamericans. In addition, we aimed to identify the food habits of ancient Teotihuacans.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>We determined the mitogenome sequences of human remains dated to 250-636 cal AD using target enrichment-coupled next generation sequencing. We also performed stable isotope analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We successfully obtained nearly full-length sequences newly unearthed from a civilian dwelling in the Teotihuacan site. Teotihuacan mitochondrial DNA was classified into the haplogroups in present and ancient Mesoamericans. In addition, Teotihuacan individuals had a diet dependent on C4 plants such as maize.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Genetic diversity varied among the Teotihuacans.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"390-398"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41173790","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 polymorphisms of 19 X-STRs in populations of Hubei Han and Guangxi Zhuang and their comparisons with 13 other Chinese populations.","authors":"Fei Long, Hui Fang, Chunmei Zhang, Shengjie Chen, Daixin Huang, Chao Xiao","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2166990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2023.2166990","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A prerequisite for applying short tandem repeat (STR) kits is obtaining population allele and/or haplotype frequencies and forensic parameters.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>Firstly, we aimed to investigate the population data of 19 X-chromosomal STRs (X-STRs) included in the AGCU X19 STR kit in the Han people residing in Hubei Province, Central China, and the Zhuang people residing in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of South China. Furthermore, we compared these population data with those for other Chinese populations.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>In total, 509 unrelated Han males and 266 unrelated Zhuang males were genotyped using the AGCU X19 STR kit. Allele frequencies, haplotype frequencies, and forensic parameters were computed, and genetic differences among 15 Chinese populations were analysed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 19 X-STRs showed a high power of discrimination and high mean chance of exclusion, whether calculated using allele or haplotype frequencies. Major differences were found between Han and Oroqen, Uyghur, Mongolian, Tibetan, Li, and Yi populations. Aberrant biallelic patterns at DXS10159, DXS10134, and DXS10079 and allelic dropouts at DXS10164 were observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The 19 X-STRs were highly polymorphic in the Hubei Han and Guangxi Zhuang populations, and the AGCU X19 STR kit was shown to be suitable for forensic casework.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"8-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9220509","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":"From growth charts to growth status: how concepts of optimal growth and tempo influence the interpretation of growth measurements.","authors":"Babette S Zemel","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2189751","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2189751","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Growth measurements are largely uninterpretable without comparison to a growth chart. Consequently, the characteristics of a growth chart become an integral component of the interpretation of growth measurements. The concepts of optimal growth and tempo are well recognised by auxologists, yet their implications for interpretation of growth measurements remain problematic. This narrative review discusses the concept of optimal growth and how it serves as a guiding principle in the development and use of growth charts. The challenges of operationalising tempo for growth assessment are also discussed. Illustrative examples highlight the importance of these two central concepts in the use and interpretation of growth measurements.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"236-246"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10896072/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9676792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jie Dang, Chengfeng Ma, Fan Li, Jing Zhang, Yuan Wang, Liang Peng, Zhenghao Huo, Hong Lu, Zhanbing Ma
{"title":"Relationship of digit ratio with sexual steroid hormone receptor related genes - single nucleotide polymorphisms in a sample from Northern China.","authors":"Jie Dang, Chengfeng Ma, Fan Li, Jing Zhang, Yuan Wang, Liang Peng, Zhenghao Huo, Hong Lu, Zhanbing Ma","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2225873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2023.2225873","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Digit ratio, especially 2D:4D, is hypothesised as a potential biological marker of exposure to intrauterine sex hormones. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between 10 SNPs of sex steroid hormone receptor (SSHR) related genes and 2D:4D.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>814 college students were randomly selected as research participants. After taking pictures of both hands of the participants, Image Pro Plus (IPP) software was used to measure 2D:4D. ESR1 (rs2228480 and rs3798758), ESR2 (rs944459, rs8006145, rs928554, and rs8018687), GPER1 (rs10269151 and rs12702047), and PGR (rs1042839 and rs500760) were genotyped using multiplex PCR.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Females had significantly higher 2D:4D in both hands than male students (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and the R<sub>2D:4D</sub> of the Han population was significantly higher than that of the Hui population (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The number of females carrying the GPER1 G allele of rs12702047 was significantly higher than that of males (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The L<sub>2D:4D</sub> in males was significantly different in rs1042839, and the R<sub>2D:4D</sub> in the Han ethnicity was significantly different in rs3798758. Logistic regression analysis showed that rs12702047 was significantly associated with 2D:4D in both hands (<i>p</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>GPER1 rs12702047 may be involved in the formation of digit ratio by affecting phalanx development in the Chinese population.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"308-323"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9810358","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}
Tahira Yasmin, Erin M Andres, Komal Ashraf, Muhammad Asim Raza Basra, Muhammad Hashim Raza
{"title":"Genome-wide analysis of runs of homozygosity in Pakistani controls with no history of speech or language-related developmental phenotypes.","authors":"Tahira Yasmin, Erin M Andres, Komal Ashraf, Muhammad Asim Raza Basra, Muhammad Hashim Raza","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2180087","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2180087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Runs of homozygosity (ROHs) analysis of controls provide a convenient resource to minimize the association of false positive results of disease-associated ROHs and genetic variants for simple and complex disorders in individuals from the same population. Evidence for the value of ROHs to speech or language-related traits is restricted due to the absence of population-matched behaviourally defined controls and limited family-based studies.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aims to identify common ROHs in the Pakistani population, focussing on the total length and frequency of ROHs of variable sizes, shared ROHs, and their genomic distribution.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>We performed homozygosity analysis (in PLINK) of 86 individuals (39 males, 47 females) with no history of speech or language-related phenotypes (controls) who had been genotyped with the Illumina Infinium QC Array-24.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ROHs of 1-<4 megabases (Mb) were frequent in unrelated individuals. We observed ROHs over 20 Mb among six individuals. Over 30 percent of the identified ROHs were shared among several individuals, indicating consanguinity's effect on the Pakistani population.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings serve as a foundation for family-based genetic studies of consanguineous families with speech or language-related disorders to ultimately narrow the homozygosity regions of interest to identify pathogenic variants.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"100-107"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10284496/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9831198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of Human BiologyPub Date : 2023-02-01Epub Date: 2023-07-31DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2023.2224972
Xiufeng Zhang, Hecheng Zheng, Chengjing Liu
{"title":"Genetic diversity of 23 Y-STR loci of the Lisu ethnic minority residing in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, Southwest China.","authors":"Xiufeng Zhang, Hecheng Zheng, Chengjing Liu","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2224972","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2224972","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Lisu group is a unique minority in Yunnan province. However, there is a lack of Y-STR population data for Chinese Lisu and the genetic structure of the Lisu group and other populations is unclear.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To provide genetic data for 23 Y-STRs in the Chinese Lisu population from Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, as well as to analyse population genetic relationships between Chinese Lisu ethnic minority and other reference groups.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>423 unrelated healthy Lisu males were genotyped using the PowerPlex® Y23 system. Forensic parameters were calculated according to the previously published studies. Genetic structure analysis among Chinese Lisu and other populations was conducted using the YHRD's AMOVA tools.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Gene diversity (GD) ranged from 0.2,466 (DYS438) to 0.8,945 (DYS385a/b) among the 23 Y-STR loci. According to haplotype analysis, 323 different haplotypes were obtained, out of which 271 were unique. The haplotype diversity (HD) and discrimination capacity (DC) were 0.9,977 and 0.7,636, respectively. MDS plot indicated that the Chuxiong Lisu group is genetically related to the Yunnan Yi group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is the first report on Y-STR population data for the Chinese Lisu population. These data would be valuable for forensic applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"356-359"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10256157","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}
Favela-Mendoza Alma Faviola, Godínez-López Andrea Dinorah, Chávez-Arreguin Mariana, Aguilar-Velázquez José Alonso, Martínez-Cortes Gabriela, Rangel-Villalobos Héctor
{"title":"Analysis of the TSER and G>C variants in the <i>TYMS</i> gene: a high frequency of low expression genotypes predicted in the Mexican population.","authors":"Favela-Mendoza Alma Faviola, Godínez-López Andrea Dinorah, Chávez-Arreguin Mariana, Aguilar-Velázquez José Alonso, Martínez-Cortes Gabriela, Rangel-Villalobos Héctor","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2180088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2023.2180088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the <i>TYMS</i> gene promoter, there is a repeat polymorphism (TSER) that affects the expression level of the thymidylate synthetase (TS) enzyme involved in the response to some anticancer drugs. The G>C transversion located in the TSER*3R allele decreases the expression level of the TS enzyme avoiding the upstream stimulatory factor (USF-1) binding site. Despite the biomedical impact of the SNP G>C, only TSER has been reported in most worldwide populations. Thus, we studied both TSER and SNP G>C variants in the Mexican population.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>A population sample (<i>n</i> = 156) was genotyped for the TSER and G>C variants by PCR and PCR-RFLPs, respectively, followed by PAGE and silver staining.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For TSER, the most frequent allele was 2 R (52.56%), as well as the genotype 2 R/3R (42.3%). Comparison with Latin American, European, and American (USA) populations suggest a heterogeneous worldwide distribution (<i>F<sub>ST</sub>-value</i> = 0.01564; <i>p-value</i> = 0.0000). When the G>C variant was included (2RG, 3RG, and 3RC), a high frequency of low expression genotypes was observed: 2RG/2RG, 2RG/3RC, and 3RC/3RC (84.6%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The high frequency of genotypes associated with low TS enzyme expression justifies obtaining the <i>TYMS</i> gene variant profile in Mexican patient's candidates to pharmaceutical treatments like 5'-Fluoracil, methotrexate, and pemetrex.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"94-99"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9088495","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}
Fadil Elamin, Hassan Yahya Hassan Mohamed, Nihal Abdelazeem, Ahmed Elamin, Helen M Liversidge
{"title":"Bone-specific median age of hand-wrist maturation from Sudan.","authors":"Fadil Elamin, Hassan Yahya Hassan Mohamed, Nihal Abdelazeem, Ahmed Elamin, Helen M Liversidge","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2022.2157484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2022.2157484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Maturation of bones in the hand-wrist region varies among individuals of the same age and among world groups. Although some studies from Africa report differences to other ethnic groups, the lack of detailed bone-specific maturity data prevents meaningful comparisons.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to describe bone-specific maturity for developing hand-wrist bones in individuals in Khartoum, Sudan.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>The sample was selected from healthy patients attending a dental hospital in Khartoum with known age and ancestry (males = 280, females = 330; aged between 3 and 25 years). Bones were assessed from radiographs of the left hand and wrist after the Greulich and Pyle Atlas (1959). Median ages of attainment for bone stages were calculated using probit analysis for each stage in males and females separately.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Maturity data for stages of the phalanges, metacarpals, carpals and radius and ulna in males and females are presented. Median ages in females were earlier compared to males for all stages. These results are largely earlier than previously published findings or where these could be calculated.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results of individual maturity stages of phalanges, metacarpals, carpals and the distal epiphyses of the radius and ulna are useful to assess maturity in growing individuals from Sudan.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10639514","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":"Age at menarche and its association with blood pressure in adult women of developing countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Gaili Wang, Weihao Shao, Xiaorui Chen, Caifang Zheng, Bowen Zhang, Weidong Zhang","doi":"10.1080/03014460.2023.2184866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2023.2184866","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Context: </strong>Evidence about the effect of age at menarche (AAM) on blood pressure (BP) has largely been drawn from studies in developed countries. Studies in developing countries are expanding recently but have not been summarised.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To systematically explore the association between AAM and BP and the potential modifiers in developing countries.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We searched PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science for publications until March 2022. A random-effects model was used to calculate the pooled relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty studies were eligible. In studies with participants' mean age at BP assessment <55 years, women in the oldest group as compared with the middle or the youngest group of AAM had a higher risk of hypertension in those studies without adjustment for confounders (RR 1.79, 95% CI 1.41-2.28, <i>I<sup>2</sup></i>=97.0%), those with adjustment for confounders excluding adiposity (1.25,1.04-1.51, <i>I<sup>2</sup></i>=84.8%), and those with adjustment for confounders including adiposity (1.38,1.03-1.86, <i>I<sup>2</sup></i>=91.8%). In studies with participants' mean age at BP assessment ≥55 years, no significant differences were found for studies without adjustment for confounders (RR 1.07, 95% CI 0.78-1.47, <i>I<sup>2</sup>=</i>90.3%), studies with adjustment for confounders excluding adiposity (0.85, 0.78-0.92, <i>I<sup>2</sup></i>=12.3%), or studies with adjustment for confounders including adiposity (0.95, 0.80-1.11, <i>I<sup>2</sup></i>=45.5%). A similar association was observed between AAM and baseline systolic BP and diabolic BP.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Late menarche was associated with a higher risk of BP and this association was modified by age and adiposity in developing countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":50765,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Human Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"126-135"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9154413","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}