2025
The landscape of suicide risk factors in Latin America
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Fries G, Polimanti R, Consortium S. The landscape of suicide risk factors in Latin America. Psychiatry Research 2025, 351: 116597. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLatin AmericaMental health care accessSocial determinants of suicideDevelopment of tailored interventionsCare-seeking behaviorHealth care accessSuicide ratesRisk factorsSuicide prevention strategiesTraditional gender normsMiddle-income countriesReduce suicide ratesCare accessSocial determinantsSuicide risk factorsTailored interventionsDeterminants of suicideImpact of religiosityGender normsFamily tiesLatin American populationsPrevention strategiesSignificant disparitiesSociocultural factorsLatinPsychiatric genetics in the diverse landscape of Latin American populations
Bruxel E, Rovaris D, Belangero S, Chavarría-Soley G, Cuellar-Barboza A, Martínez-Magaña J, Nagamatsu S, Nievergelt C, Núñez-Ríos D, Ota V, Peterson R, Sloofman L, Adams A, Albino E, Alvarado A, Andrade-Brito D, Arguello-Pascualli P, Bandeira C, Bau C, Bulik C, Buxbaum J, Cappi C, Corral-Frias N, Corrales A, Corsi-Zuelli F, Crowley J, Cupertino R, da Silva B, De Almeida S, De la Hoz J, Forero D, Fries G, Gelernter J, González-Giraldo Y, Grevet E, Grice D, Hernández-Garayua A, Hettema J, Ibáñez A, Ionita-Laza I, Lattig M, Lima Y, Lin Y, López-León S, Loureiro C, Martínez-Cerdeño V, Martínez-Levy G, Melin K, Moreno-De-Luca D, Muniz Carvalho C, Olivares A, Oliveira V, Ormond R, Palmer A, Panzenhagen A, Passos-Bueno M, Peng Q, Pérez-Palma E, Prieto M, Roussos P, Sanchez-Roige S, Santamaría-García H, Shansis F, Sharp R, Storch E, Tavares M, Tietz G, Torres-Hernández B, Tovo-Rodrigues L, Trelles P, Trujillo-ChiVacuan E, Velásquez M, Vera-Urbina F, Voloudakis G, Wegman-Ostrosky T, Zhen-Duan J, Zhou H, Santoro M, Nicolini H, Atkinson E, Giusti-Rodríguez P, Montalvo-Ortiz J. Psychiatric genetics in the diverse landscape of Latin American populations. Nature Genetics 2025, 57: 1074-1088. PMID: 40175716, PMCID: PMC12133068, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02127-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesPsychiatric genomicsPsychiatric genome-wide association studiesLarge-scale genome-wide association studiesGenetic risk lociNon-European populationsGenetic diversityRisk lociGenetic admixtureBurden of psychiatric disordersAssociation studiesPsychiatric disordersEuropean ancestryPsychiatric geneticsGenomeHealthcare disparitiesConsortium effortLatin American populationsPromote equityEnvironmental factorsDiversityAmerican populationDiverse landscapeLociAncestry
2024
F95. LOCAL ANCESTRY-AWARE META-ANALYSIS OF GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN LATIN AMERICAN POPULATIONS
Martinez-Magana J, Atkinson E, Giusti-Rodriguez P, Santoro M, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Daviglus M, Perreira K, Nicolini H, Pereira A, Belangero S, Moyses-Oliveira M, Tucker K, Ordovas J, Villatoro-Velazquez J, Montalvo-Ortiz J. F95. LOCAL ANCESTRY-AWARE META-ANALYSIS OF GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN LATIN AMERICAN POPULATIONS. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 87: 256. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide association study studiesAncestry-specific effectsIntergenic variantAlcohol consumptionAncestry-specific lociNative-American ancestryFrequency of alcohol consumptionAssociated with alcohol consumptionMeta-analysisLocal ancestryAdmixed populationsGWA studiesGenomic backgroundAssociation studiesSLIT3 geneMAGI1 genesGenomics ConsortiumGenetic associationGenesLatin American populationsAfrican ancestryGenetic liabilityUnited StatesAncestry
2020
The role of 5-HTTLPR in autism spectrum disorder: New evidence and a meta-analysis of this polymorphism in Latin American population with psychiatric disorders
Nuñez-Rios D, Chaskel R, Lopez A, Galeano L, Lattig M. The role of 5-HTTLPR in autism spectrum disorder: New evidence and a meta-analysis of this polymorphism in Latin American population with psychiatric disorders. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0235512. PMID: 32614901, PMCID: PMC7332001, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderSpectrum disorderExtracellular serotonin levelsIdiopathic autism spectrum disorderPsychiatric disordersSerotonin levelsSymptom severityLatin American populationsGenetic studiesAllele frequenciesAmerican populationMeta-analysisFunctional roleGenotypic variabilityDisordersPolymorphismColombian individualsAutismComplex disorderLatin American individualsASD riskCaucasian populationAmerican individualsNon-associativeShort/longOsteoporosis Knowledge and Health Beliefs Among Female Community Leaders in Peru
Sava M, Tseng LY, Valderrama M, Mabey D, García PJ, Hsieh E. Osteoporosis Knowledge and Health Beliefs Among Female Community Leaders in Peru. Women's Health Reports 2020, 1: 47-54. PMID: 33786472, PMCID: PMC7784789, DOI: 10.1089/whr.2019.0005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOsteoporosis knowledgeFemale community leadersCalcium intakeHealth beliefsImportant modifiable risk factorHealth motivationOsteoporosis Health Belief ScaleOsteoporosis prevention programsModifiable risk factorsPrevalence of osteoporosisBody mass indexOsteoporosis Knowledge TestBenefits of exerciseBone mineral lossCross-sectional studyHealth Belief ScaleHigher health motivationPostmenopausal womenMass indexMean ageRisk factorsLatin American populationsPhysical activityPeriurban settingsHigh school education
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