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A total of 31 genetic ancestry-informative markers were selected in order to estimate individual admixture proportions.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Of patients with a diagnosis of OSAS, a higher number self-reporting Caucasian ethnicity (65.3%), as well as an increased percentage of European ancestry (78.2\u00b116.7%) and lower percentage of West African ancestry (16.1\u00b115.3%), than among individuals without OSAS (53.6, 73.5\u00b118.1 and 20.1\u00b116.8%, respectively) (p&lt;0.001) was observed. Moreover, after correcting for sex, age, body mass index and socioeconomic status, logistic regression demonstrated that European ancestry was significantly associated with an increased risk of manifesting OSAS (OR 2.80, 95% CI 1.11\u20137.09). 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