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Maitusong B, Laguzzi F, Strawbridge RJ, Baldassarre D, Veglia F, Humphries SE, Savonen K, Kurl S, Pirro M, Smit AJ, Giral P, Silveira A, Tremoli E, Hamsten A, de Faire U, Gigante B, Leander K. Cross-Sectional Gene-Smoking Interaction Analysis in Relation to Subclinical Atherosclerosis-Results From the IMPROVE Study. CIRCULATION. GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2023; 16:236-247. [PMID: 37021583 PMCID: PMC10284137 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.122.003710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Smoking is associated with carotid intima-media thickness (C-IMT). However, knowledge about how genetics may influence this association is limited. We aimed to perform nonhypothesis driven gene-smoking interaction analyses to identify potential genetic variants, among those included in immune and metabolic platforms, that may modify the effect of smoking on carotid intima-media thickness. METHODS We used baseline data from 1551 men and 1700 women, aged 55 to 79, included in a European multi-center study. Carotid intima-media thickness maximum, the maximum of values measured at different locations of the carotid tree, was dichotomized with cut point values ≥75, respectively. Genetic data were retrieved through use of the Illumina Cardio-Metabo- and Immuno- Chips. Gene-smoking interactions were evaluated through calculations of Synergy index (S). After adjustments for multiple testing, P values of <2.4×10-7 for S were considered significant. The models were adjusted for age, sex, education, physical activity, type of diet, and population stratification. RESULTS Our screening of 207 586 SNPs available for analysis, resulted in the identification of 47 significant gene-smoking synergistic interactions in relation to carotid intima-media thickness maximum. Among the significant SNPs, 28 were in protein coding genes, 2 in noncoding RNA and the remaining 17 in intergenic regions. CONCLUSIONS Through nonhypothesis-driven analyses of gene-smoking interactions, several significant results were observed. These may stimulate further research on the role of specific genes in the process that determines the effect of smoking habits on the development of carotid atherosclerosis.
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- Buamina Maitusong
- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China (B.M.)
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- Unit of Cardiovascular & Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (F.L., U.d.F., K.L.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna (R.J.S., B.G.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Mental Health & Wellbeing, Institute of Mental Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow (R.J.S.)
- Health Data Research, United Kingdom (R.J.S.)
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology & Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano (D.B.)
- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy (D.B., F.V., E.T.)
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy (D.B., F.V., E.T.)
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- Cardiovascular Genetics, Institute Cardiovascular Science, University College London, United Kingdom (S.E.H.)
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- Foundation for Research in Health Exercise & Nutrition, Kuopio & Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland (K.S.)
- Department of Clinical Physiology & Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital (K.S.)
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- Institute of Public Health & Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio (S.K.)
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- Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology & Arteriosclerosis Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M.P.)
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- Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands (A.J.S.)
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- Unités de Prévention Cardiovasculaire, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Service Endocrinologie-Métabolisme, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, France (P.G.)
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet & Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (A.S., A.H.)
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy (D.B., F.V., E.T.)
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet & Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (A.S., A.H.)
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- Unit of Cardiovascular & Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (F.L., U.d.F., K.L.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna (R.J.S., B.G.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit of Cardiovascular & Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (F.L., U.d.F., K.L.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Shatwan IM, Winther KH, Ellahi B, Elwood P, Ben-Shlomo Y, Givens I, Rayman MP, Lovegrove JA, Vimaleswaran KS. Association of apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms with blood lipids and their interaction with dietary factors. Lipids Health Dis 2018; 17:98. [PMID: 29712557 PMCID: PMC5928585 DOI: 10.1186/s12944-018-0744-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Several candidate genes have been identified in relation to lipid metabolism, and among these, lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene polymorphisms are major sources of genetically determined variation in lipid concentrations. This study investigated the association of two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at LPL, seven tagging SNPs at the APOE gene, and a common APOE haplotype (two SNPs) with blood lipids, and examined the interaction of these SNPs with dietary factors. METHODS The population studied for this investigation included 660 individuals from the Prevention of Cancer by Intervention with Selenium (PRECISE) study who supplied baseline data. The findings of the PRECISE study were further replicated using 1238 individuals from the Caerphilly Prospective cohort (CaPS). Dietary intake was assessed using a validated food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in PRECISE and a validated semi-quantitative FFQ in the CaPS. Interaction analyses were performed by including the interaction term in the linear regression model adjusted for age, body mass index, sex and country. RESULTS There was no association between dietary factors and blood lipids after Bonferroni correction and adjustment for confounding factors in either cohort. In the PRECISE study, after correction for multiple testing, there was a statistically significant association of the APOE haplotype (rs7412 and rs429358; E2, E3, and E4) and APOE tagSNP rs445925 with total cholesterol (P = 4 × 10- 4 and P = 0.003, respectively). Carriers of the E2 allele had lower total cholesterol concentration (5.54 ± 0.97 mmol/L) than those with the E3 (5.98 ± 1.05 mmol/L) (P = 0.001) and E4 (6.09 ± 1.06 mmol/L) (P = 2 × 10- 4) alleles. The association of APOE haplotype (E2, E3, and E4) and APOE SNP rs445925 with total cholesterol (P = 2 × 10- 6 and P = 3 × 10- 4, respectively) was further replicated in the CaPS. Additionally, significant association was found between APOE haplotype and APOE SNP rs445925 with low density lipoprotein cholesterol in CaPS (P = 4 × 10- 4 and P = 0.001, respectively). After Bonferroni correction, none of the cohorts showed a statistically significant SNP-diet interaction on lipid outcomes. CONCLUSION In summary, our findings from the two cohorts confirm that genetic variations at the APOE locus influence plasma total cholesterol concentrations, however, the gene-diet interactions on lipids require further investigation in larger cohorts.
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- Israa M Shatwan
- Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition and Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (ICMR), Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 226, Reading, RG6 6AP, UK.,Food and Nutrition Department, Faculty of Home Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, Chester, CH1 1SL, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health, Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XW, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading, RG6 6AR, UK
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition and Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (ICMR), Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 226, Reading, RG6 6AP, UK
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- Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition and Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (ICMR), Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 226, Reading, RG6 6AP, UK.
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Murabito JM, White CC, Kavousi M, Sun YV, Feitosa MF, Nambi V, Lamina C, Schillert A, Coassin S, Bis JC, Broer L, Crawford DC, Franceschini N, Frikke-Schmidt R, Haun M, Holewijn S, Huffman JE, Hwang SJ, Kiechl S, Kollerits B, Montasser ME, Nolte IM, Rudock ME, Senft A, Teumer A, van der Harst P, Vitart V, Waite LL, Wood AR, Wassel CL, Absher DM, Allison MA, Amin N, Arnold A, Asselbergs FW, Aulchenko Y, Bandinelli S, Barbalic M, Boban M, Brown-Gentry K, Couper DJ, Criqui MH, Dehghan A, Heijer MD, Dieplinger B, Ding J, Dörr M, Espinola-Klein C, Felix SB, Ferrucci L, Folsom AR, Fraedrich G, Gibson Q, Goodloe R, Gunjaca G, Haltmayer M, Heiss G, Hofman A, Kieback A, Kiemeney LA, Kolcic I, Kullo IJ, Kritchevsky SB, Lackner KJ, Li X, Lieb W, Lohman K, Meisinger C, Melzer D, Mohler ER, Mudnic I, Mueller T, Navis G, Oberhollenzer F, Olin JW, O’Connell J, O’Donnell CJ, Palmas W, Penninx BW, Petersmann A, Polasek O, Psaty BM, Rantner B, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Rotter JI, Seldenrijk A, Stadler M, Summerer M, Tanaka T, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Uitterlinden AG, van Gilst WH, Vermeulen SH, Wild SH, Wild PS, Willeit J, Zeller T, Zemunik T, Zgaga L, Assimes TL, Blankenberg S, Boerwinkle E, Campbell H, Cooke JP, de Graaf J, Herrington D, Kardia SLR, Mitchell BD, Murray A, Münzel T, Newman A, Oostra BA, Rudan I, Shuldiner AR, Snieder H, van Duijn CM, Völker U, Wright AF, Wichmann HE, Wilson JF, Witteman JC, Liu Y, Hayward C, Borecki IB, Ziegler A, North KE, Cupples LA, Kronenberg F. Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies. CIRCULATION. CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS 2012; 5:100-12. [PMID: 22199011 PMCID: PMC3303225 DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.111.961292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genetic determinants of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) remain largely unknown. To identify genetic variants associated with the ankle-brachial index (ABI), a noninvasive measure of PAD, we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study data from 21 population-based cohorts. METHODS AND RESULTS Continuous ABI and PAD (ABI ≤0.9) phenotypes adjusted for age and sex were examined. Each study conducted genotyping and imputed data to the ≈2.5 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in HapMap. Linear and logistic regression models were used to test each SNP for association with ABI and PAD using additive genetic models. Study-specific data were combined using fixed effects inverse variance weighted meta-analyses. There were a total of 41 692 participants of European ancestry (≈60% women, mean ABI 1.02 to 1.19), including 3409 participants with PAD and with genome-wide association study data available. In the discovery meta-analysis, rs10757269 on chromosome 9 near CDKN2B had the strongest association with ABI (β=-0.006, P=2.46×10(-8)). We sought replication of the 6 strongest SNP associations in 5 population-based studies and 3 clinical samples (n=16 717). The association for rs10757269 strengthened in the combined discovery and replication analysis (P=2.65×10(-9)). No other SNP associations for ABI or PAD achieved genome-wide significance. However, 2 previously reported candidate genes for PAD and 1 SNP associated with coronary artery disease were associated with ABI: DAB21P (rs13290547, P=3.6×10(-5)), CYBA (rs3794624, P=6.3×10(-5)), and rs1122608 (LDLR, P=0.0026). CONCLUSIONS Genome-wide association studies in more than 40 000 individuals identified 1 genome wide significant association on chromosome 9p21 with ABI. Two candidate genes for PAD and 1 SNP for coronary artery disease are associated with ABI.
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- Joanne M. Murabito
- NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham
- Dept of Med, Section of Gen Internal Med, BU School of Med
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Hlthy Aging (NCHA) & Ctr for Med Systems Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Emory Univ School of Public Hlth, Atlanta, GA
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- Statistical Genomics, Dept of Genetics, Washington Univ School of Med, St. Louis, MO
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- Dept of Atherosclerosis & Vascular Med, BCM, Houston, TX
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Dept of Med Genetics, Molecular & Clin Pharmacology, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Dept of Med Genetics, Molecular & Clin Pharmacology, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Cardiovascular Hlth Rsrch Unit, Dept of Med, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Hlthy Aging (NCHA) & Ctr for Med Systems Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dept of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, The Ctr for Human Genetics Rsrch, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN
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- Dept of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Hlth, The Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Dept of Clin Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Dept of Med Genetics, Molecular & Clin Pharmacology, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Dept of Gen Internal Med, Vascular Med, Radboud Univ Nijmegen Med Ctr, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Inst of Genetics & Molecular Med, Western Gen Hosp, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Dept of Neurology, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Dept of Med Genetics, Molecular & Clin Pharmacology, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Endocrinology, Dept of Med, Univ of Maryland School of Med, Baltimore, MD
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- Unit of Gen Epidemiology & Bioinformatics, Dept of Epidemiology, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Univ of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Epidemiology & Prevention, Wake Forest Univ School of Med, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Institut für Med Biometrie & Statistik, Univ zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Interfaculty Inst for Genetics & Functional Genomics, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Univ Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept of Cardiology, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Univ of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Dept of Genetics, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Univ of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Inst of Genetics & Molecular Med, Western Gen Hosp, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Genetics of Complex Traits, Peninsula College of Med & Dentistry, Univ of Exeter, UK
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- Dept of Family & Preventive Med, UC San Diego, Preventive Med, La Jolla, CA
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr
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- Dept of Biostatistics, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Dept of Cardiology, Heart & Lungs, Univ Med Ctr Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Julius Ctr for Hlth Sciences & Primary Care, Univ Med Ctr, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Dept of Med Genetics, Biomedical Genetics, Univ Med Ctr, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit, Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Univ of Texas Hlth Science Ctr at Houston, Dept of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, Houston, TX
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- Dept of Family & Preventive Med, UC San Diego, Preventive Med, La Jolla, CA
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Hlthy Aging (NCHA) & Ctr for Med Systems Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dept of Endocrinology & Epidemiology, Biostatistics & HTA, Radboud Univ Nijmegen Med Ctr, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Sticht Ctr on Aging, Wake Forest School of Med, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Dept of Internal Med B- Cardiology, Angiology & Pneumology & Intensive Care Med, Univ Med, Greifswald
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- Dept of Internal Med B- Cardiology, Angiology & Pneumology & Intensive Care Med, Univ Med, Greifswald
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- Longitudinal Studies Section, Clinical Rsrch Branch, Nat Inst on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, MD
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- Epidemiology & Community Hlth, School of Public Hlth, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Dept of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Endocrinology, Dept of Med, Univ of Maryland School of Med, Baltimore, MD
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- The Ctr for Human Genetics Rsrch, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN
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- Dept of Lab Med, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brueder Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Dept of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Hlth, The Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Hlthy Aging (NCHA) & Ctr for Med Systems Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dept of Internal Med B- Cardiology, Angiology & Pneumology & Intensive Care Med, Univ Med, Greifswald
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & HTA, Radboud Univ Nijmegen Med Ctr, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Public Hlth, University of Split School of Med, Croatia
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- Cardiovascular Diseases & the Gonda Vascular Ctr, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Dept of Med 2, Univ Med Ctr Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Univ Mainz, Germany
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- Med Genetics Inst, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
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- Inst for Community Med, Univ Med Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept of Biostatistics, Wake Forest Univ School of Med, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Inst of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Rsrch Ctr for Environmental Hlth (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Dept of Epidemiology & Public Hlth, Peninsula College of Med & Dentistry, Univ of Exeter, UK
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- Perelman School of Med at the Univ of Pennsylvania, Cardiovascular Division, Vascular Med Section, Philadelphia, PA
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- Dept of Lab Med, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brueder Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Dept of Internal Med, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Univ of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Endocrinology, Dept of Med, Univ of Maryland School of Med, Baltimore, MD
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- NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham
- Nat Heart, Lung, & Blood Inst, Intramural Rsrch, Bethesda, MD
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- Dept of Psychiatry/EMGO Inst, VU Univ Med Ctr, Amsterdam
- Dept of Psychiatry, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Univ of Groningen, Groningen
- Dept of Psychiatry, Leiden Univ Med Ctr, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Public Hlth, University of Split School of Med, Croatia
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- Cardiovascular Hlth Rsrch Unit, Depts of Med, Epidemiology & Hlth Services, Univ of Washington
- Group Hlth Rsrch Inst, Group Hlth Cooperative, Seattle, WA
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Dept of Med Genetics, Molecular & Clin Pharmacology, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
- Dept of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Dept of Biostatistics, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Hlthy Aging (NCHA) & Ctr for Med Systems Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Dept of Internal Med, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Hietzing Hosp, 3rd Med Dept of Metabolic Diseases & Nephrology, Vienna, Austria
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Dept of Med Genetics, Molecular & Clin Pharmacology, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Dept of Clin Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Hlthy Aging (NCHA) & Ctr for Med Systems Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Dept of Internal Med, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Cardiology, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Univ of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & HTA, Radboud Univ Nijmegen Med Ctr, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Ctr for Pop Hlth Sciences, Univ of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Dept of Med 2, Univ Med Ctr Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Univ Mainz, Germany
- Ctr for Thrombosis & Hemostasis, Univ Med Ctr Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Univ Mainz
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- Dept of Neurology, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Clinic for General & Interventional Cardiology, Univ Heart Ctr Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Ctr for Pop Hlth Sciences, Univ of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Med School, Univ of Zagreb, Croatia
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- Clinic for General & Interventional Cardiology, Univ Heart Ctr Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Univ of Texas Hlth Science Ctr at Houston, Dept of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, Houston, TX
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- Ctr for Pop Hlth Sciences, Univ of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Dept of Med, Stanford Univ School of Med, Stanford, CA
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- Dept of Gen Internal Med, Vascular Med, Radboud Univ Nijmegen Med Ctr, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Internal Med, Wake Forest Univ School of Med, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Genetics of Complex Traits, Peninsula College of Med & Dentistry, Univ of Exeter, UK
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- Dept of Med 2, Univ Med Ctr Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Univ Mainz, Germany
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Hlth, Univ of Pittsburgh, PA
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- Dept of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Med Ctr, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Ctr for Pop Hlth Sciences, Univ of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Med School, Univ of Zagreb, Croatia
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- Endocrinology, Dept of Med, Univ of Maryland School of Med, Baltimore, MD
- Geriatric Rsrch & Edu Clinical Ctr, VA Med Ctr, Baltimore, MD
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- Unit of Gen Epidemiology & Bioinformatics, Dept of Epidemiology, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Univ of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Hlthy Aging (NCHA) & Ctr for Med Systems Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Interfaculty Inst for Genetics & Functional Genomics, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Univ Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Inst of Genetics & Molecular Med, Western Gen Hosp, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Inst of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Rsrch Ctr for Environmental Hlth (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Ctr for Pop Hlth Sciences, Univ of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus Univ Med Ctr
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)-Sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Hlthy Aging (NCHA) & Ctr for Med Systems Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dept of Epidemiology & Prevention, Wake Forest Univ School of Med, Winston-Salem, NC
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Inst of Genetics & Molecular Med, Western Gen Hosp, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Statistical Genomics, Dept of Genetics, Washington Univ School of Med, St. Louis, MO
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- Institut für Med Biometrie & Statistik, Univ zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Dept of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Hlth, The Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- Carolina Ctr for Genome Sciences, School of Public Hlth, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC
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- NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham
- Dept of Biostatistics, BU, Boston, MA
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- Genetic Epidemiology, Dept of Med Genetics, Molecular & Clin Pharmacology, Innsbruck Med Univ, Innsbruck, Austria
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