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which of the following conditions is more common in people of african or mediterranean ancestry?
tay - sachs disease
sickle cell anemia
cystic fibrosis
coronary heart disease
Sickle - cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder. It is more prevalent in people of African or Mediterranean ancestry due to historical adaptation to malaria - endemic regions. Tay - Sachs is more common in Ashkenazi Jews, cystic fibrosis in Caucasians of Northern European descent, and coronary heart disease is not as strongly associated with African or Mediterranean ancestry in the same way as sickle - cell anemia.
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