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Abdulrahman Alaqil, Erich J. Petushek, Yuba R. Gautam, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Joseph J. Carlson
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Summary: Ethnic differences in cardiometabolic risk were observed among children, with lower CMR scores in children with African and East Asian ancestry, and higher SBP and non-HDL-C in children with South Asian ancestry.
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Hongbo Dong, Hong Cheng, Junting Liu, Yinkun Yan, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Xinying Shan, Guimin Huang, Jie Mi
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Wenqing Ma, Jihan Sun, Jinjing Wang, Guiju Sun
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Susana L. L. Matias, Caitlin D. D. French, Alexander Gomez-Lara, Marc B. B. Schenker
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