Multiomic analysis of Africans to identify novel markers of cardiometabolic risk in the US population

Several common complex diseases of metabolic origin, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular diseases occur at higher frequency in African Americans and are on the rise in urban centers in Africa. We aim to identify pathways and biomarkers that correlate with genetic variation, diet, environmental factors, and cardiometabolic phenotypes in Africans and African Americans to identify genetic and environmental factors impacting cardiometabolic traits and risk for disease.