Efrata Nigussie, Abebe Ferede, Melese Markos
Diversified dietary intake and associated factors among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care follow-up in public health facilities of Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia
PLOS global public health
polygenic propensity educational attainment associated higher education attendance academic achievement criminal offending predominantly european samples however less known whether polygenic propensity associated outcomes among african americans using educational attainment polygenic score ea pgs present study examined whether score associated postsecondary education academic achievement criminal offending urban african american sample three cohorts participants n 1050 439 male initially recruited elementary schoolbased universal prevention trial midatlantic city followed young adulthood standardized tests reading math achievement administered first grade age 20 participants reported level education attained records incarceration obtained marylands criminal justice information system young adulthood dna collected extracted blood buccal swabs genotyped ea pgs created using results largescale genomewide association study educational attainment higher ea pgs associated greater log odds postsecondary education ea pgs associated reading achievement although significant relationship found math achievement third cohort findings contribute dearth molecular genetics work conducted african american samples highlight polygenic propensity educational attainment associated higher education attendance