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MIGRANT STUDIES. Ronald E. LaPorte, Ph.D. Director, Disease Monitoring and Telecommunications WHO Collaborating Center, Professor of Epidemiology. Questions. What is a Migrant Study? How do Migrant Studies differ from Admixture Studies? What is the future for Admixture and Migrant Studies?.
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MIGRANT STUDIES Ronald E. LaPorte, Ph.D. Director, Disease Monitoring and Telecommunications WHO Collaborating Center, Professor of Epidemiology
Questions • What is a Migrant Study? • How do Migrant Studies differ from Admixture Studies? • What is the future for Admixture and Migrant Studies?
Migrants pilgrim refugee conquerors displaced people
Migrant Studies Studies taking advantage of migration to one country by those from other countries with different physical and biological environments, cultural background and/or genetic makeup, and different morbidity or mortality experience.
From (KOFF) 1967 PITTSBURGH
The migration of human population provides a tool for the study of the respective roles of host and environmental factors in the development of disease.
Migratory Patterns Ireland,1817 Germany,1920 Poland, 1900 Jan Dorman
Migration Patterns England, 1979 Trevor Orchard
Migratory Pattern Quebec, 1820 France, 1819 Buffolo,NY Pittsburgh,PA Germany, 1880 Ron LaPorte
1993 Refugees to U.S. Eastern Europe,1,500 Former Soviet Union 52,000 East Asia 52,000 Africa 7,800 South East Asia 7,000 Latin America 3,500
MIAMI 1950s 1970s HAVANA
Migrant Studies Host Population Source Population Migrant Pop
Incidence of Disease X in source, host, and migrant populations Environmental etiology
Incidence of Disease X in source, host, and migrant populations Genetic etiology
Migrants are almost never representative of their native populations
Some example of IDDM incidence per 100000 Source Migrant Chinese 7(Shanhai) 3(Hawaia) Japanese 2 (some areas) 3 (Hawaia) Jewish 6 (Israel) 15 (Canada) Mexican 1(Some areas) 10 (Colorado)
Questions • What is a Migrant Study? • How do Migrant Studies differ from Admixture Studies? • What is the future for Admixture and Migrant Studies?
Admixture studies Hybrid populations H1 Parent population 1 Parent population 2 H2 H3
Correlation of Incidence of Disease X and admixture proportion I G H F D Incidence E B C A Admixture proportion
Migration Time Line Showers Culture Genetics 1st Generation Full Assimilation 2nd Generation 3rd Generation Environmental “Shower” Cultural Change Genetic Change Climate Viruses
Migration Time Line 1st Generation 2nd Generation 3rd Generation Environmental “Shower” Cultural Change Genetic Change Beginning Loss of Language Changes in Diet
IDDM in Asian Populations Ten fold Difference
Questions • What is a Migrant Study? • How do Migrant Studies differ from Admixture Studies? • What is the future for Admixture and Migrant Studies?
Heritage Research: The Next Generation of Migrant Studies
Heritage studies Genetic factors Environmental Factors H1 Parent population 1 H2 H3
IDDM Incidence in Latin America Incidence per 100 000
Iberian - heritage collaboration NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA SPAIN