Atherosclerosis
Volume 204, Issue 2 , Pages 601-607 , June 2009

Clinical and genetic factors associated with lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 in the Framingham Heart Study

  • Renate Schnabel

      Affiliations

    • The NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, United States
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  • Josée Dupuis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Martin G. Larson

      Affiliations

    • The NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, United States
    • Boston University’s Mathematics and Statistics Department, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Kathryn L. Lunetta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Sander J. Robins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
    • The NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, United States
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  • Yanyan Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Jian Rong

      Affiliations

    • The NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, United States
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  • Xiaoyan Yin

      Affiliations

    • The NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, United States
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  • Heide A. Stirnadel

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Genetic Support, GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Harlow, UK
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  • Jeanne J. Nelson

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Genetic Support, GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Harlow, UK
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  • Peter W.F. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, School of Medicine, Harlow, UK
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  • John F. Keaney
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  • Ramachandran S. Vasan

      Affiliations

    • Evans Memorial Department of Medicine, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
    • Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
    • The NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, United States
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  • Emelia J. Benjamin

      Affiliations

    • Evans Memorial Department of Medicine, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
    • Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Epidemiology, Boston University, School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • The NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Boston University, The Framingham Heart Study, 73 Mount Wayte Avenue, Suite 2, Framingham, MA 01702-5827, United States. Tel.: +1 617 638 8968; fax: +1 508 626 1262.

Received 1 July 2008 ,Revised 15 October 2008 ,Accepted 16 October 2008.

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 Supported by NIH/NHLBI contract N01-HC-25195 and NIH grants HL64753 and HL076784 AG028321 (E.J.B.), HL70139 (R.S.V). NIH Research career award HL04334 (R.S.V.), NIH grant HG000848 (J.D.); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) Research Fellowship SCHN 1149/1-1 (RS). Portion of these analyses were conducted using the Boston University Linux Cluster for Genetic Analysis (LinGA) funded by the NIH NCRR (National Center for Research Resources) Shared Instrumentation grant (1S10RR163736-01A1).

PII: S0021-9150(08)00756-9

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.10.030

Atherosclerosis
Volume 204, Issue 2 , Pages 601-607 , June 2009