Official Journal of the Human Genome Organisation
Table 4 Presence of coded article features by generic terminology used
From: The use of race, ethnicity and ancestry in human genetic research
Total sample set, NÂ =Â 170 | Race and ethnicity NÂ =Â 80 (47.1%) | Ancestry NÂ =Â 38 (22.4%) | Other NÂ =Â 52 (30.6%) | P value by chi sq |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables coded | ||||
Basic features | ||||
 Hypothesis | 79 (98.8%) | 38 (100%) | 52 (100%) | 0.568 |
 Limitations | 43 (55.1%) | 16 (45.7%) | 28 (53.8%) | 0.319 |
 Sample origin | 75 (93.8%) | 37 (97.4%) | 51 (98.1%) | 0.413 |
Reason for using population | ||||
 Why populations | 60 (75.0%) | 17 (44.7%) | 36 (69.2%) | 0.004* |
 Why this population | 55 (68.8%) | 23 (60.5%) | 38 (73.1%) | 0.372 |
 Basis for assigning population label | 71 (88.8%) | 35 (92.1%) | 44 (84.6%) | 0.542 |
 Use of empirical genomic methods | 44 (55.0%) | 25 (65.8%) | 19 (36.5%) | 0.017* |
 Defines generic ‘race and ethnicity’ or ‘ancestry’ | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |  |
 Defines specific population label | 51 (63.8%) | 24 (63.2%) | 27 (51.9%) | 0.361 |
Ways of using populations in research | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Label for study population only | 34 (43.0%) | 21 (56.8%) | 27 (51.9%) | 0.352 |
 Independent variable | 46 (58.2%) | 17 (45.9%) | 24 (46.2%) | 0.296 |
 Dependent variable | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0.319 |
 DNA with a label | 14 (17.5%) | 3 (7.9%) | 6 (11.5%) | 0.319 |
General article field of interest | ||||
 Population genetics | 10 (12.5%) | 1 (2.6%) | 15 (28.8%) | 0.002* |
 Medical | 68 (85%) | 32 (84.2%) | 27 (51.9%) | <0.001* |
 Methods | 1 (1.3%) | 2 (5.3%) | 6 (11.5%) | 0.036* |
 Non-medical | 1 (1.3%) | 3 (7.9%) | 4 (7.7%) | 0.134 |
 P value by chi sq for terminology used within field of interest | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* |  |