“…Replication analysis was performed in 10,401 African ancestry samples obtained from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC, n = 3,137) [10], the Cleveland Family Study (CFS, n = 653) [11], the Howard University Family Study (HUFS, n = 1,976) [12], Jackson Heart Study (JHS, n = 2,187) [13], Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA, n = 1,611) [14], and Africa America Diabetes Mellitus Study (AADM, n = 1802) [15]. Analysis was conducted using human genomic reference (hg19) coordinates.…”