As you conduct a physical examination on your patient. You are alert for genetic traits and disorders to which African Americans are most subject, which include
a. asthma, cirrhosis, nasopharyngeal cancer.
b. Gaucher's disease, hypercholesterolemia, stomach cancer.
c. hypertension, diabetes mellitus, glaucoma.
d. lactase deficiency, osteoporosis, peptic ulcer disease.
C
African Americans are most subject to the genetic disorders of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and glaucoma. American Indians have the ethnic-specific disorders of asthma, cirrhosis, and nasopharyngeal cancer. Gaucher's disease, hypercholesterolemia, and stomach cancer are seen predominately in Ashkenazi Jews. Lactase deficiency, osteoporosis, and peptic ulcer disease are genetic traits or disorders seen in Koreans.
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