Bentley, Amy R.
Doumatey, Ayo P.
Zhou, Jie
Lei, Lin
Meeks, Karlijn A. C.
Heuston, Elisabeth F.
Rotimi, Charles N.
Adeyemo, Adebowale A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Intramural Research Program, National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health (DK131018)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Z01HG200362)
NIH Office of the Director (Z01HG200362)
Office of Research on Minority Health, National Institutes of Health (3T37TW00041-03S2)
National Institutes of Health
Article History
Received: 11 January 2024
Accepted: 30 August 2024
First Online: 6 September 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the National Institutes of Health (09-HG-N070) and from the respective ethical committees in Nigeria (National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria [NHREC]), and Kenya (The Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital / Moi University College of Health Sciences-Institutional Research and Ethics Committee [MTRH/MU-IREC]). Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment. The research adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki.