title: Genetic basis of ethnic disparities in VTE risk.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Hernandez et al identify and replicate single-nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 20 (and putatively on the THBD gene for thrombomodulin) that increased the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) by about 2.3-fold in African Americans (AAs) in the United States.
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL;
authors.forename: Nigel S
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8930-4304
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Key
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
authors.forename: Alex P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Reiner
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012307:Risk Factors; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000235:genetics