nicotine associated_with African-Americans

Subject: nicotine
Relation: associated_with
Object: African-Americans
p-value: —

Evidence from: primary | all sources

Evidence (2 sources)

Multiple cholinergic nicotinic receptor genes affect nicotine dependence risk in African and European Americans. (2010) PMID:20584212 cited

Nicotine dependence is common in both groups, with evidence of slightly lower levels of dependence in African-Americans.

confidence: 0.93

The CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 nicotinic receptor subunit gene cluster affects risk for nicotine dependence in African-Americans and in European-Americans. (2009) PMID:19706762 cited

rates of current nicotine dependence ... 57.3% in African-Americans

confidence: 0.90