Genetic ancestry of participants in the National Children’s Study

Table 1 Superpopulation classification by self-reported ethnicity and race

Self-report		Expected superpopulation	Most similar superpopulation^a,b
Ethnicity	Race	Expected superpopulation	AFR	EUR	ASN	AMR	SAN
Hispanic	African American	AFR or AMR	5	0	0	1	0
Non-Hispanic	African American	AFR	29	0	0	0	1*
Hispanic	American Indian or Alaska Native	AMR	0	0	0	2	0
Non-Hispanic	American Indian or Alaska Native	AMR	0	0	0	2	1*
Non-Hispanic	Asian	ASN or SAN	0	0	12	0	9
Non-Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	ASN	0	0	4	0	0
Hispanic	White	AMR or EUR	0	8	0	42	0
Non-Hispanic	White	EUR	0	427	0	3*	0
Hispanic	Other	AMR	1*	1*	0	60	0
Non-Hispanic	Other	No prediction	1	1	0	1	1
Hispanic	Multiracial	No prediction	1	1	0	2	0
Non-Hispanic	Multiracial	No prediction	3	9	7	2	3
Unknown	Multiracial	No prediction	0	0	0	1	0
		Total	40	447	23	116	15

^aExpected groups based on self-report are indicated: African (AFR), European (EUR), East Asian (ASN), Admixed American (AMR) and South Asian (SAN).
^bIndividuals that match their reported group are indicated in bold, and individuals that did not match the reported group are indicated by an asterisk.

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