Atherosclerosis
Volume 204, Issue 2 , Pages 459-464 , June 2009

Association between IL6 gene variants −174G>C and −572G>C and serum IL-6 levels: Interactions with social position in the Whitehall II cohort

  • Saskia C. Sanderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (Whitehall II), 1-19 Torrington Place, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    • Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, Department of Medicine, British Heart Foundation Laboratories, Rayne Building, Royal Free and University College Medical School, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JF, UK
    • Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room B1B37C, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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  • Meena Kumari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (Whitehall II), 1-19 Torrington Place, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7679 8825; fax: +44 20 7813 0242.
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  • Eric J. Brunner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (Whitehall II), 1-19 Torrington Place, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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  • Michelle A. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Sciences Research Institute, UHCW Campus, Warwick Medical School, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK
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  • Ann Rumley

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, G31 2ER, UK
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  • Gordon D. Lowe

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, G31 2ER, UK
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  • Michael G. Marmot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (Whitehall II), 1-19 Torrington Place, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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  • Steve E. Humphries

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, Department of Medicine, British Heart Foundation Laboratories, Rayne Building, Royal Free and University College Medical School, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JF, UK

Received 8 May 2008 ,Revised 29 August 2008 ,Accepted 15 September 2008.

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PII: S0021-9150(08)00675-8

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.09.019

Atherosclerosis
Volume 204, Issue 2 , Pages 459-464 , June 2009

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