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Table 4.

Estimation of ancestry proportions for the LALES and MEC Latinos by birthplace location

Latinos	Birth Region	NA	EU	AS	AF
LALES	El Salvador + Guatemala	0.52	0.30	0.12	0.07
	Mexico	0.49	0.37	0.11	0.04
	USA	0.42	0.42	0.12	0.04
	Other	0.35	0.42	0.10	0.14

MEC	Central/South America	0.51	0.37	0.06	0.05
	Mexico	0.39	0.39	0.08	0.13
	USA	0.35	0.47	0.04	0.14

Note.

LALES = Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

MEC = Multi Ethnic Cohort

EU - European; AF - African; AS - Asian; NA - Native American