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Genome-Wide Association and Functional Follow-Up Reveals New Loci for Kidney Function

Identifieur interne : 002731 ( Pmc/Curation ); précédent : 002730; suivant : 002732

Genome-Wide Association and Functional Follow-Up Reveals New Loci for Kidney Function

Auteurs : Cristian Pattaro [Italie] ; Anna Köttgen [États-Unis, Allemagne] ; Alexander Teumer [Allemagne] ; Maija Garnaas [États-Unis] ; Carsten A. Böger [Allemagne] ; Christian Fuchsberger [États-Unis] ; Matthias Olden [Allemagne] ; Ming-Huei Chen [États-Unis] ; Adrienne Tin [États-Unis] ; Daniel Taliun [Italie] ; Man Li [États-Unis] ; Xiaoyi Gao [États-Unis] ; Mathias Gorski [Allemagne] ; Qiong Yang [États-Unis] ; Claudia Hundertmark [Allemagne] ; Meredith C. Foster [États-Unis] ; Conall M. O'Seaghdha [États-Unis] ; Nicole Glazer [États-Unis] ; Aaron Isaacs [Pays-Bas] ; Ching-Ti Liu [États-Unis] ; Albert V. Smith [Islande] ; Jeffrey R. O'Connell [États-Unis] ; Maksim Struchalin [Pays-Bas] ; Toshiko Tanaka [États-Unis] ; Guo Li [États-Unis] ; Andrew D. Johnson [États-Unis] ; Hinco J. Gierman [États-Unis] ; Mary Feitosa [États-Unis] ; Shih-Jen Hwang [États-Unis] ; Elizabeth J. Atkinson [États-Unis] ; Kurt Lohman [États-Unis] ; Marilyn C. Cornelis [États-Unis] ; Sa Johansson [Suède] ; Anke Tönjes [Allemagne] ; Abbas Dehghan [Pays-Bas] ; Vincent Chouraki [France] ; Elizabeth G. Holliday [Australie] ; Rossella Sorice [Italie] ; Zoltan Kutalik [Suisse] ; Terho Lehtim Ki [Finlande] ; T Nu Esko [Estonie] ; Harshal Deshmukh [Royaume-Uni] ; Sheila Ulivi [Italie] ; Audrey Y. Chu [États-Unis] ; Federico Murgia [Italie] ; Stella Trompet [Pays-Bas] ; Medea Imboden [Suisse] ; Barbara Kollerits [Autriche] ; Giorgio Pistis [Italie] ; Tamara B. Harris [États-Unis] ; Lenore J. Launer [États-Unis] ; Thor Aspelund [Islande] ; Gudny Eiriksdottir [Islande] ; Braxton D. Mitchell [États-Unis] ; Eric Boerwinkle [États-Unis] ; Helena Schmidt [Autriche] ; Margherita Cavalieri [Autriche] ; Madhumathi Rao [États-Unis] ; Frank B. Hu [États-Unis] ; Ayse Demirkan [Pays-Bas] ; Ben A. Oostra [Pays-Bas] ; Mariza De Andrade [États-Unis] ; Stephen T. Turner [États-Unis] ; Jingzhong Ding [États-Unis] ; Jeanette S. Andrews [États-Unis] ; Barry I. Freedman [États-Unis] ; Wolfgang Koenig [Allemagne] ; Thomas Illig [Allemagne] ; Angela Döring [Allemagne] ; H.-Erich Wichmann [Allemagne] ; Ivana Kolcic [Croatie] ; Tatijana Zemunik [Croatie] ; Mladen Boban [Croatie] ; Cosetta Minelli [Italie] ; Heather E. Wheeler [États-Unis] ; Wilmar Igl [Suède] ; Ghazal Zaboli [Suède] ; Sarah H. Wild [Royaume-Uni] ; Alan F. Wright [Royaume-Uni] ; Harry Campbell [Royaume-Uni] ; David Ellinghaus [Allemagne] ; Ute Nöthlings [Allemagne] ; Gunnar Jacobs [Allemagne] ; Reiner Biffar [Allemagne] ; Karlhans Endlich [Allemagne] ; Florian Ernst [Allemagne] ; Georg Homuth [Allemagne] ; Heyo K. Kroemer [Allemagne] ; Matthias Nauck [Allemagne] ; Sylvia Stracke [Allemagne] ; Uwe Völker [Allemagne] ; Henry Völzke [Allemagne] ; Peter Kovacs [Allemagne] ; Michael Stumvoll [Allemagne] ; Reedik M Gi [Estonie, Royaume-Uni] ; Albert Hofman [Pays-Bas] ; Andre G. Uitterlinden [Pays-Bas] ; Fernando Rivadeneira [Pays-Bas] ; Yurii S. Aulchenko [Pays-Bas] ; Ozren Polasek [Croatie] ; Nick Hastie [Royaume-Uni] ; Veronique Vitart [Royaume-Uni] ; Catherine Helmer [France] ; Jie Jin Wang [Australie] ; Daniela Ruggiero [Italie] ; Sven Bergmann [Suisse] ; Mika K Hönen [Finlande] ; Jorma Viikari [Finlande] ; Tiit Nikopensius [Estonie] ; Michael Province [États-Unis] ; Shamika Ketkar [États-Unis] ; Helen Colhoun [Royaume-Uni] ; Alex Doney [Royaume-Uni] ; Antonietta Robino [Italie] ; Franco Giulianini [États-Unis] ; Bernhard K. Kr Mer [Allemagne] ; Laura Portas [Italie] ; Ian Ford [Royaume-Uni] ; Brendan M. Buckley [Irlande (pays)] ; Martin Adam [Suisse] ; Gian-Andri Thun [Suisse] ; Bernhard Paulweber [Autriche] ; Margot Haun [Autriche] ; Cinzia Sala [Italie] ; Marie Metzger [France] ; Paul Mitchell [Australie] ; Marina Ciullo [Italie] ; Stuart K. Kim [États-Unis] ; Peter Vollenweider [Suisse] ; Olli Raitakari [Finlande] ; Andres Metspalu [Estonie] ; Colin Palmer [Royaume-Uni] ; Paolo Gasparini [Italie] ; Mario Pirastu [Italie] ; J. Wouter Jukema [Pays-Bas] ; Nicole M. Probst-Hensch [Suisse] ; Florian Kronenberg [Autriche] ; Daniela Toniolo [Italie] ; Vilmundur Gudnason [Islande] ; Alan R. Shuldiner [États-Unis] ; Josef Coresh [États-Unis] ; Reinhold Schmidt [Autriche] ; Luigi Ferrucci [États-Unis] ; David S. Siscovick [États-Unis] ; Cornelia M. Van Duijn [Pays-Bas] ; Ingrid Borecki [États-Unis] ; Sharon L. R. Kardia [États-Unis] ; Yongmei Liu [États-Unis] ; Gary C. Curhan [États-Unis] ; Igor Rudan [Royaume-Uni] ; Ulf Gyllensten [Suède] ; James F. Wilson [Royaume-Uni] ; Andre Franke [Allemagne] ; Peter P. Pramstaller [Italie] ; Rainer Rettig [Allemagne] ; Inga Prokopenko [Royaume-Uni] ; Jacqueline C. M. Witteman [Pays-Bas] ; Caroline Hayward [Royaume-Uni] ; Paul Ridker [États-Unis] ; Afshin Parsa [États-Unis] ; Murielle Bochud [Suisse] ; Iris M. Heid [Allemagne] ; Wolfram Goessling [États-Unis] ; Daniel I. Chasman [États-Unis] ; W. H. Linda Kao [États-Unis] ; Caroline S. Fox [États-Unis]

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RBID : PMC:3315455

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important public health problem with a genetic component. We performed genome-wide association studies in up to 130,600 European ancestry participants overall, and stratified for key CKD risk factors. We uncovered 6 new loci in association with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), the primary clinical measure of CKD, in or near MPPED2, DDX1, SLC47A1, CDK12, CASP9, and INO80. Morpholino knockdown of mpped2 and casp9 in zebrafish embryos revealed podocyte and tubular abnormalities with altered dextran clearance, suggesting a role for these genes in renal function. By providing new insights into genes that regulate renal function, these results could further our understanding of the pathogenesis of CKD.


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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002584
PubMed: 22479191
PubMed Central: 3315455

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<addr-line>IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<addr-line>Inserm UMR744, Institut Pasteur, Lille, France</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
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<addr-line>Centre for Information-based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano-Buzzati Traverso”–CNR, Napoli, Italy</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff41">
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<addr-line>Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Centre for Laboratory Medicine Tampere Finn-Medi 2, Tampere, Finland</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff44">
<addr-line>Estonian Genome Center of University of Tartu (EGCUT), Tartu, Estonia</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff45">
<addr-line>Estonian Biocenter and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Estonie</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Estonian Biocenter and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff46">
<addr-line>Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff47">
<addr-line>Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff48">
<addr-line>Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff49">
<addr-line>Institute of Population Genetics – CNR, Sassari, Italy</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff50">
<addr-line>Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
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<addr-line>Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Autriche</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff53">
<addr-line>Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff54">
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<nlm:aff id="aff54">
<addr-line>Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, NIA, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff23">
<addr-line>Icelandic Heart Association, Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<affiliation wicri:level="1">
<nlm:aff id="aff24">
<addr-line>University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<name sortKey="Eiriksdottir, Gudny" sort="Eiriksdottir, Gudny" uniqKey="Eiriksdottir G" first="Gudny" last="Eiriksdottir">Gudny Eiriksdottir</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff23">
<addr-line>Icelandic Heart Association, Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff25">
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff55">
<addr-line>Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff56">
<addr-line>Austrian Stroke Prevention Study, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Department of Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Autriche</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff57">
<addr-line>Austrian Stroke Prevention Study, University Clinic of Neurology, Department of Special Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Autriche</country>
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<name sortKey="Rao, Madhumathi" sort="Rao, Madhumathi" uniqKey="Rao M" first="Madhumathi" last="Rao">Madhumathi Rao</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff58">
<addr-line>Division of Nephrology/Tufts Evidence Practice Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Hu, Frank B" sort="Hu, Frank B" uniqKey="Hu F" first="Frank B." last="Hu">Frank B. Hu</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff32">
<addr-line>Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Demirkan, Ayse" sort="Demirkan, Ayse" uniqKey="Demirkan A" first="Ayse" last="Demirkan">Ayse Demirkan</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff20">
<addr-line>Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff20">
<addr-line>Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<name sortKey="De Andrade, Mariza" sort="De Andrade, Mariza" uniqKey="De Andrade M" first="Mariza" last="De Andrade">Mariza De Andrade</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff30">
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<nlm:aff id="aff59">
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Ding, Jingzhong" sort="Ding, Jingzhong" uniqKey="Ding J" first="Jingzhong" last="Ding">Jingzhong Ding</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff60">
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Andrews, Jeanette S" sort="Andrews, Jeanette S" uniqKey="Andrews J" first="Jeanette S." last="Andrews">Jeanette S. Andrews</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff61">
<addr-line>Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Freedman, Barry I" sort="Freedman, Barry I" uniqKey="Freedman B" first="Barry I." last="Freedman">Barry I. Freedman</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff62">
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Koenig, Wolfgang" sort="Koenig, Wolfgang" uniqKey="Koenig W" first="Wolfgang" last="Koenig">Wolfgang Koenig</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff63">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<addr-line>Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff70">
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<nlm:aff id="aff70">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff72">
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff73">
<addr-line>popgen Biobank, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff72">
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff74">
<addr-line>Clinic for Prosthodontic Dentistry, Gerostomatology, and Material Science, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Clinic for Prosthodontic Dentistry, Gerostomatology, and Material Science, University of Greifswald, Greifswald</wicri:regionArea>
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<addr-line>Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<name sortKey="Homuth, Georg" sort="Homuth, Georg" uniqKey="Homuth G" first="Georg" last="Homuth">Georg Homuth</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff4">
<addr-line>Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<name sortKey="Kroemer, Heyo K" sort="Kroemer, Heyo K" uniqKey="Kroemer H" first="Heyo K." last="Kroemer">Heyo K. Kroemer</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff76">
<addr-line>Institute of Pharmacology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<name sortKey="Nauck, Matthias" sort="Nauck, Matthias" uniqKey="Nauck M" first="Matthias" last="Nauck">Matthias Nauck</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff77">
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff78">
<addr-line>Clinic for Internal Medicine A, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff4">
<addr-line>Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff79">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff80">
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff34">
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff35">
<addr-line>IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff44">
<addr-line>Estonian Genome Center of University of Tartu (EGCUT), Tartu, Estonia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Estonie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff36">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<name sortKey="Uitterlinden, Andre G" sort="Uitterlinden, Andre G" uniqKey="Uitterlinden A" first="Andre G." last="Uitterlinden">Andre G. Uitterlinden</name>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff82">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff36">
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<name sortKey="Polasek, Ozren" sort="Polasek, Ozren" uniqKey="Polasek O" first="Ozren" last="Polasek">Ozren Polasek</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff83">
<addr-line>Croatian Centre for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Croatie</country>
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<name sortKey="Hastie, Nick" sort="Hastie, Nick" uniqKey="Hastie N" first="Nick" last="Hastie">Nick Hastie</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff84">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff84">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff85">
<addr-line>INSERM U897, Université Victor Ségalen Bordeaux 2, ISPED, Bordeaux, France</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">France</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff86">
<addr-line>Université Bordeaux 2 Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France</addr-line>
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<name sortKey="Wang, Jie Jin" sort="Wang, Jie Jin" uniqKey="Wang J" first="Jie Jin" last="Wang">Jie Jin Wang</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff87">
<addr-line>Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff88">
<addr-line>Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
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<name sortKey="Ruggiero, Daniela" sort="Ruggiero, Daniela" uniqKey="Ruggiero D" first="Daniela" last="Ruggiero">Daniela Ruggiero</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff40">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff46">
<addr-line>Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff91">
<addr-line>NHS Tayside, Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff92">
<addr-line>Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo,” University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<addr-line>Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff93">
<addr-line>University Medical Centre Mannheim, 5th Department of Medicine, Mannheim, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff49">
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<nlm:aff id="aff94">
<addr-line>Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff95">
<addr-line>Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Irlande (pays)</country>
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<name sortKey="Adam, Martin" sort="Adam, Martin" uniqKey="Adam M" first="Martin" last="Adam">Martin Adam</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff51">
<addr-line>Unit of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff51">
<addr-line>Unit of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff96">
<addr-line>First Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Autriche</country>
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<name sortKey="Haun, Margot" sort="Haun, Margot" uniqKey="Haun M" first="Margot" last="Haun">Margot Haun</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff97">
<addr-line>Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Autriche</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff53">
<addr-line>Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<name sortKey="Metzger, Marie" sort="Metzger, Marie" uniqKey="Metzger M" first="Marie" last="Metzger">Marie Metzger</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1">
<nlm:aff id="aff98">
<addr-line>Inserm UMRS 1018, CESP Team 10, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">France</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Inserm UMRS 1018, CESP Team 10, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Mitchell, Paul" sort="Mitchell, Paul" uniqKey="Mitchell P" first="Paul" last="Mitchell">Paul Mitchell</name>
<affiliation wicri:level="1">
<nlm:aff id="aff87">
<addr-line>Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff40">
<addr-line>Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano-Buzzati Traverso”–CNR, Napoli, Italy</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano-Buzzati Traverso”–CNR, Napoli</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff29">
<addr-line>Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff68">
<addr-line>Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Vollenweider, Peter" sort="Vollenweider, Peter" uniqKey="Vollenweider P" first="Peter" last="Vollenweider">Peter Vollenweider</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff99">
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Raitakari, Olli" sort="Raitakari, Olli" uniqKey="Raitakari O" first="Olli" last="Raitakari">Olli Raitakari</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff100">
<addr-line>Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Finlande</country>
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<name sortKey="Metspalu, Andres" sort="Metspalu, Andres" uniqKey="Metspalu A" first="Andres" last="Metspalu">Andres Metspalu</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff44">
<addr-line>Estonian Genome Center of University of Tartu (EGCUT), Tartu, Estonia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Estonie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff45">
<addr-line>Estonian Biocenter and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Estonie</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Estonian Biocenter and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff101">
<addr-line>Biomedical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Biomedical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff92">
<addr-line>Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo,” University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff49">
<addr-line>Institute of Population Genetics – CNR, Sassari, Italy</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff50">
<addr-line>Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff102">
<addr-line>Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN), Utrecht, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff103">
<addr-line>Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff104">
<addr-line>Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research, Amsterdam</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff51">
<addr-line>Unit of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff52">
<addr-line>Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff53">
<addr-line>Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff23">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<affiliation wicri:level="1">
<nlm:aff id="aff24">
<addr-line>University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff25">
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff105">
<addr-line>Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff2">
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff106">
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<name sortKey="Schmidt, Reinhold" sort="Schmidt, Reinhold" uniqKey="Schmidt R" first="Reinhold" last="Schmidt">Reinhold Schmidt</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff57">
<addr-line>Austrian Stroke Prevention Study, University Clinic of Neurology, Department of Special Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Autriche</country>
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<name sortKey="Ferrucci, Luigi" sort="Ferrucci, Luigi" uniqKey="Ferrucci L" first="Luigi" last="Ferrucci">Luigi Ferrucci</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff27">
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Siscovick, David S" sort="Siscovick, David S" uniqKey="Siscovick D" first="David S." last="Siscovick">David S. Siscovick</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff28">
<addr-line>University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff20">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff21">
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<nlm:aff id="aff22">
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff23">
<addr-line>Icelandic Heart Association, Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff24">
<addr-line>University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff25">
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Forensic Molecular Biology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Li, Guo" sort="Li, Guo" uniqKey="Li G" first="Guo" last="Li">Guo Li</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff28">
<addr-line>University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
<wicri:regionArea>University of Washington, Seattle, Washington</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff17">
<addr-line>National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study and the Center for Population Studies, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff29">
<addr-line>Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff17">
<addr-line>National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study and the Center for Population Studies, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff30">
<addr-line>Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff31">
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff32">
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff33">
<addr-line>Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Suède</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff34">
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff35">
<addr-line>IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Dehghan, Abbas" sort="Dehghan, Abbas" uniqKey="Dehghan A" first="Abbas" last="Dehghan">Abbas Dehghan</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff36">
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Pays-Bas</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff37">
<addr-line>Inserm UMR744, Institut Pasteur, Lille, France</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">France</country>
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<name sortKey="Holliday, Elizabeth G" sort="Holliday, Elizabeth G" uniqKey="Holliday E" first="Elizabeth G." last="Holliday">Elizabeth G. Holliday</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff38">
<addr-line>Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff39">
<addr-line>Centre for Information-based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff40">
<addr-line>Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano-Buzzati Traverso”–CNR, Napoli, Italy</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff41">
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<nlm:aff id="aff42">
<addr-line>Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff43">
<addr-line>Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Centre for Laboratory Medicine Tampere Finn-Medi 2, Tampere, Finland</addr-line>
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<name sortKey="Esko, T Nu" sort="Esko, T Nu" uniqKey="Esko T" first="T Nu" last="Esko">T Nu Esko</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff44">
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<nlm:aff id="aff45">
<addr-line>Estonian Biocenter and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Estonie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff46">
<addr-line>Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff47">
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<nlm:aff id="aff50">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff54">
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<nlm:aff id="aff23">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<affiliation wicri:level="1">
<nlm:aff id="aff24">
<addr-line>University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<name sortKey="Eiriksdottir, Gudny" sort="Eiriksdottir, Gudny" uniqKey="Eiriksdottir G" first="Gudny" last="Eiriksdottir">Gudny Eiriksdottir</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff23">
<addr-line>Icelandic Heart Association, Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Islande</country>
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<addr-line>Austrian Stroke Prevention Study, University Clinic of Neurology, Department of Special Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Division of Nephrology/Tufts Evidence Practice Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
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<name sortKey="Demirkan, Ayse" sort="Demirkan, Ayse" uniqKey="Demirkan A" first="Ayse" last="Demirkan">Ayse Demirkan</name>
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<addr-line>Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Ding, Jingzhong" sort="Ding, Jingzhong" uniqKey="Ding J" first="Jingzhong" last="Ding">Jingzhong Ding</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff60">
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Andrews, Jeanette S" sort="Andrews, Jeanette S" uniqKey="Andrews J" first="Jeanette S." last="Andrews">Jeanette S. Andrews</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff61">
<addr-line>Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Freedman, Barry I" sort="Freedman, Barry I" uniqKey="Freedman B" first="Barry I." last="Freedman">Barry I. Freedman</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff62">
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Koenig, Wolfgang" sort="Koenig, Wolfgang" uniqKey="Koenig W" first="Wolfgang" last="Koenig">Wolfgang Koenig</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff63">
<addr-line>Abteilung Innere II, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
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<nlm:aff id="aff64">
<addr-line>Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<addr-line>Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
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<wicri:regionArea>Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff64">
<addr-line>Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff14">
<addr-line>Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff65">
<addr-line>Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
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<nlm:aff id="aff66">
<addr-line>Klinikum Grosshadern, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
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<wicri:regionArea>Klinikum Grosshadern, Neuherberg</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Kolcic, Ivana" sort="Kolcic, Ivana" uniqKey="Kolcic I" first="Ivana" last="Kolcic">Ivana Kolcic</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff67">
<addr-line>Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split Medical School, Split, Croatia</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Croatie</country>
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<name sortKey="Zemunik, Tatijana" sort="Zemunik, Tatijana" uniqKey="Zemunik T" first="Tatijana" last="Zemunik">Tatijana Zemunik</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff67">
<addr-line>Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split Medical School, Split, Croatia</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Croatie</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split Medical School, Split</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Boban, Mladen" sort="Boban, Mladen" uniqKey="Boban M" first="Mladen" last="Boban">Mladen Boban</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff67">
<addr-line>Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split Medical School, Split, Croatia</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Croatie</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split Medical School, Split</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Minelli, Cosetta" sort="Minelli, Cosetta" uniqKey="Minelli C" first="Cosetta" last="Minelli">Cosetta Minelli</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff1">
<addr-line>Institute of Genetic Medicine, European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) and Affiliated Institute of the University of Lübeck, Bolzano, Italy</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
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<wicri:regionArea>Institute of Genetic Medicine, European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) and Affiliated Institute of the University of Lübeck, Bolzano</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Wheeler, Heather E" sort="Wheeler, Heather E" uniqKey="Wheeler H" first="Heather E." last="Wheeler">Heather E. Wheeler</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff68">
<addr-line>Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff69">
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<name sortKey="Igl, Wilmar" sort="Igl, Wilmar" uniqKey="Igl W" first="Wilmar" last="Igl">Wilmar Igl</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff33">
<addr-line>Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Suède</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff33">
<addr-line>Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Suède</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Wild, Sarah H" sort="Wild, Sarah H" uniqKey="Wild S" first="Sarah H." last="Wild">Sarah H. Wild</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff70">
<addr-line>Center for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Center for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Wright, Alan F" sort="Wright, Alan F" uniqKey="Wright A" first="Alan F." last="Wright">Alan F. Wright</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff71">
<addr-line>MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
<wicri:regionArea>MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Campbell, Harry" sort="Campbell, Harry" uniqKey="Campbell H" first="Harry" last="Campbell">Harry Campbell</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff70">
<addr-line>Center for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Center for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Ellinghaus, David" sort="Ellinghaus, David" uniqKey="Ellinghaus D" first="David" last="Ellinghaus">David Ellinghaus</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff72">
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Nothlings, Ute" sort="Nothlings, Ute" uniqKey="Nothlings U" first="Ute" last="Nöthlings">Ute Nöthlings</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff72">
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<affiliation wicri:level="1">
<nlm:aff id="aff73">
<addr-line>popgen Biobank, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>popgen Biobank, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Jacobs, Gunnar" sort="Jacobs, Gunnar" uniqKey="Jacobs G" first="Gunnar" last="Jacobs">Gunnar Jacobs</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff72">
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff73">
<addr-line>popgen Biobank, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>popgen Biobank, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Biffar, Reiner" sort="Biffar, Reiner" uniqKey="Biffar R" first="Reiner" last="Biffar">Reiner Biffar</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff74">
<addr-line>Clinic for Prosthodontic Dentistry, Gerostomatology, and Material Science, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Clinic for Prosthodontic Dentistry, Gerostomatology, and Material Science, University of Greifswald, Greifswald</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Endlich, Karlhans" sort="Endlich, Karlhans" uniqKey="Endlich K" first="Karlhans" last="Endlich">Karlhans Endlich</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff75">
<addr-line>Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<name sortKey="Ernst, Florian" sort="Ernst, Florian" uniqKey="Ernst F" first="Florian" last="Ernst">Florian Ernst</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff4">
<addr-line>Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<name sortKey="Homuth, Georg" sort="Homuth, Georg" uniqKey="Homuth G" first="Georg" last="Homuth">Georg Homuth</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff4">
<addr-line>Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<name sortKey="Kroemer, Heyo K" sort="Kroemer, Heyo K" uniqKey="Kroemer H" first="Heyo K." last="Kroemer">Heyo K. Kroemer</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff76">
<addr-line>Institute of Pharmacology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Institute of Pharmacology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Nauck, Matthias" sort="Nauck, Matthias" uniqKey="Nauck M" first="Matthias" last="Nauck">Matthias Nauck</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff77">
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Greifswald</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Stracke, Sylvia" sort="Stracke, Sylvia" uniqKey="Stracke S" first="Sylvia" last="Stracke">Sylvia Stracke</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff78">
<addr-line>Clinic for Internal Medicine A, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<name sortKey="Volker, Uwe" sort="Volker, Uwe" uniqKey="Volker U" first="Uwe" last="Völker">Uwe Völker</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff4">
<addr-line>Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<name sortKey="Volzke, Henry" sort="Volzke, Henry" uniqKey="Volzke H" first="Henry" last="Völzke">Henry Völzke</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff79">
<addr-line>Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Kovacs, Peter" sort="Kovacs, Peter" uniqKey="Kovacs P" first="Peter" last="Kovacs">Peter Kovacs</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff80">
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<name sortKey="Stumvoll, Michael" sort="Stumvoll, Michael" uniqKey="Stumvoll M" first="Michael" last="Stumvoll">Michael Stumvoll</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff34">
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<addr-line>MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff85">
<addr-line>INSERM U897, Université Victor Ségalen Bordeaux 2, ISPED, Bordeaux, France</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff86">
<addr-line>Université Bordeaux 2 Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff87">
<addr-line>Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
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<addr-line>Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Finlande</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff46">
<addr-line>Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff91">
<addr-line>NHS Tayside, Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff92">
<addr-line>Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo,” University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff94">
<addr-line>Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff95">
<addr-line>Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff51">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff51">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff96">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Autriche</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff97">
<addr-line>Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Autriche</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff53">
<addr-line>Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff98">
<addr-line>Inserm UMRS 1018, CESP Team 10, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">France</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Inserm UMRS 1018, CESP Team 10, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Mitchell, Paul" sort="Mitchell, Paul" uniqKey="Mitchell P" first="Paul" last="Mitchell">Paul Mitchell</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff87">
<addr-line>Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Australie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff40">
<addr-line>Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano-Buzzati Traverso”–CNR, Napoli, Italy</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff99">
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Suisse</country>
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<name sortKey="Raitakari, Olli" sort="Raitakari, Olli" uniqKey="Raitakari O" first="Olli" last="Raitakari">Olli Raitakari</name>
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<nlm:aff id="aff44">
<addr-line>Estonian Genome Center of University of Tartu (EGCUT), Tartu, Estonia</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff45">
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<nlm:aff id="aff101">
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<country xml:lang="fr">Italie</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff28">
<addr-line>University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff107">
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
<wicri:regionArea>Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan</wicri:regionArea>
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<name sortKey="Liu, Yongmei" sort="Liu, Yongmei" uniqKey="Liu Y" first="Yongmei" last="Liu">Yongmei Liu</name>
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<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">États-Unis</country>
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<addr-line>Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff70">
<addr-line>Center for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<nlm:aff id="aff72">
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff1">
<addr-line>Institute of Genetic Medicine, European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) and Affiliated Institute of the University of Lübeck, Bolzano, Italy</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Institute of Physiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
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<country xml:lang="fr">Allemagne</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff81">
<addr-line>Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</nlm:aff>
<country xml:lang="fr">Royaume-Uni</country>
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<nlm:aff id="aff36">
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
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<addr-line>MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
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<wicri:regionArea>Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts</wicri:regionArea>
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<nlm:aff id="aff111">
<addr-line>Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
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<addr-line>University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
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<title level="j">PLoS Genetics</title>
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<p>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important public health problem with a genetic component. We performed genome-wide association studies in up to 130,600 European ancestry participants overall, and stratified for key CKD risk factors. We uncovered 6 new loci in association with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), the primary clinical measure of CKD, in or near
<italic>MPPED2</italic>
,
<italic>DDX1</italic>
,
<italic>SLC47A1</italic>
,
<italic>CDK12</italic>
,
<italic>CASP9</italic>
, and
<italic>INO80</italic>
. Morpholino knockdown of
<italic>mpped2</italic>
and
<italic>casp9</italic>
in zebrafish embryos revealed podocyte and tubular abnormalities with altered dextran clearance, suggesting a role for these genes in renal function. By providing new insights into genes that regulate renal function, these results could further our understanding of the pathogenesis of CKD.</p>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<name>
<surname>Garnaas</surname>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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<name>
<surname>Böger</surname>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
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<name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">
<sup>7</sup>
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<name>
<surname>Olden</surname>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8">
<sup>8</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff9">
<sup>9</sup>
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<name>
<surname>Chen</surname>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff10">
<sup>10</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff11">
<sup>11</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Tin</surname>
<given-names>Adrienne</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<name>
<surname>Taliun</surname>
<given-names>Daniel</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Man</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Gao</surname>
<given-names>Xiaoyi</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
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</contrib>
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<name>
<surname>Gorski</surname>
<given-names>Mathias</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff13">
<sup>13</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff14">
<sup>14</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Yang</surname>
<given-names>Qiong</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff15">
<sup>15</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Hundertmark</surname>
<given-names>Claudia</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff16">
<sup>16</sup>
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<name>
<surname>Foster</surname>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff17">
<sup>17</sup>
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<name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff17">
<sup>17</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff18">
<sup>18</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
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<name>
<surname>Glazer</surname>
<given-names>Nicole</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff19">
<sup>19</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Isaacs</surname>
<given-names>Aaron</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff20">
<sup>20</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff21">
<sup>21</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Ching-Ti</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff22">
<sup>22</sup>
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<name>
<surname>Smith</surname>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff23">
<sup>23</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff24">
<sup>24</sup>
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<name>
<surname>O'Connell</surname>
<given-names>Jeffrey R.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff25">
<sup>25</sup>
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<name>
<surname>Struchalin</surname>
<given-names>Maksim</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff26">
<sup>26</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Tanaka</surname>
<given-names>Toshiko</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff27">
<sup>27</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Guo</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff28">
<sup>28</sup>
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<name>
<surname>Johnson</surname>
<given-names>Andrew D.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff17">
<sup>17</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Gierman</surname>
<given-names>Hinco J.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff29">
<sup>29</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Feitosa</surname>
<given-names>Mary</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Hwang</surname>
<given-names>Shih-Jen</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff17">
<sup>17</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Atkinson</surname>
<given-names>Elizabeth J.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff30">
<sup>30</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Lohman</surname>
<given-names>Kurt</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff31">
<sup>31</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Cornelis</surname>
<given-names>Marilyn C.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff32">
<sup>32</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Johansson</surname>
<given-names>Åsa</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff33">
<sup>33</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Tönjes</surname>
<given-names>Anke</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff34">
<sup>34</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff35">
<sup>35</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Dehghan</surname>
<given-names>Abbas</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff36">
<sup>36</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Chouraki</surname>
<given-names>Vincent</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff37">
<sup>37</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Holliday</surname>
<given-names>Elizabeth G.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff38">
<sup>38</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff39">
<sup>39</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Sorice</surname>
<given-names>Rossella</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff40">
<sup>40</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kutalik</surname>
<given-names>Zoltan</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff41">
<sup>41</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff42">
<sup>42</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Lehtimäki</surname>
<given-names>Terho</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff43">
<sup>43</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Esko</surname>
<given-names>Tõnu</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff44">
<sup>44</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff45">
<sup>45</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Deshmukh</surname>
<given-names>Harshal</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff46">
<sup>46</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ulivi</surname>
<given-names>Sheila</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff47">
<sup>47</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Chu</surname>
<given-names>Audrey Y.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff48">
<sup>48</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
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<given-names>Federico</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff49">
<sup>49</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Trompet</surname>
<given-names>Stella</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff50">
<sup>50</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Imboden</surname>
<given-names>Medea</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff51">
<sup>51</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kollerits</surname>
<given-names>Barbara</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff52">
<sup>52</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Pistis</surname>
<given-names>Giorgio</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff53">
<sup>53</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<collab>CARDIoGRAM Consortium</collab>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<collab>ICBP Consortium</collab>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<collab>CARe Consortium</collab>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<collab>Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 (WTCCC2)</collab>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Harris</surname>
<given-names>Tamara B.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff54">
<sup>54</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff54">
<sup>54</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
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<given-names>Thor</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff23">
<sup>23</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff24">
<sup>24</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Eiriksdottir</surname>
<given-names>Gudny</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff23">
<sup>23</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Mitchell</surname>
<given-names>Braxton D.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff25">
<sup>25</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
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<given-names>Eric</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff55">
<sup>55</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Schmidt</surname>
<given-names>Helena</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff56">
<sup>56</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Cavalieri</surname>
<given-names>Margherita</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff57">
<sup>57</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Rao</surname>
<given-names>Madhumathi</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff58">
<sup>58</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff32">
<sup>32</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff20">
<sup>20</sup>
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<surname>Oostra</surname>
<given-names>Ben A.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff20">
<sup>20</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>de Andrade</surname>
<given-names>Mariza</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff30">
<sup>30</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Turner</surname>
<given-names>Stephen T.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff59">
<sup>59</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ding</surname>
<given-names>Jingzhong</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff60">
<sup>60</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Andrews</surname>
<given-names>Jeanette S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff61">
<sup>61</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Freedman</surname>
<given-names>Barry I.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff62">
<sup>62</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Koenig</surname>
<given-names>Wolfgang</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff63">
<sup>63</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Illig</surname>
<given-names>Thomas</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff64">
<sup>64</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Döring</surname>
<given-names>Angela</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff14">
<sup>14</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff64">
<sup>64</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Wichmann</surname>
<given-names>H.-Erich</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff14">
<sup>14</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff65">
<sup>65</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff66">
<sup>66</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kolcic</surname>
<given-names>Ivana</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff67">
<sup>67</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Zemunik</surname>
<given-names>Tatijana</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff67">
<sup>67</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Boban</surname>
<given-names>Mladen</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff67">
<sup>67</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Minelli</surname>
<given-names>Cosetta</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Wheeler</surname>
<given-names>Heather E.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff68">
<sup>68</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff69">
<sup>69</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Igl</surname>
<given-names>Wilmar</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff33">
<sup>33</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Zaboli</surname>
<given-names>Ghazal</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff33">
<sup>33</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Wild</surname>
<given-names>Sarah H.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff70">
<sup>70</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Wright</surname>
<given-names>Alan F.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff71">
<sup>71</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Campbell</surname>
<given-names>Harry</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff70">
<sup>70</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ellinghaus</surname>
<given-names>David</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff72">
<sup>72</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Nöthlings</surname>
<given-names>Ute</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff72">
<sup>72</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff73">
<sup>73</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Jacobs</surname>
<given-names>Gunnar</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff72">
<sup>72</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff73">
<sup>73</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Biffar</surname>
<given-names>Reiner</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff74">
<sup>74</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Endlich</surname>
<given-names>Karlhans</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff75">
<sup>75</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ernst</surname>
<given-names>Florian</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Homuth</surname>
<given-names>Georg</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kroemer</surname>
<given-names>Heyo K.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff76">
<sup>76</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Nauck</surname>
<given-names>Matthias</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff77">
<sup>77</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Stracke</surname>
<given-names>Sylvia</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff78">
<sup>78</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Völker</surname>
<given-names>Uwe</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Völzke</surname>
<given-names>Henry</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff79">
<sup>79</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kovacs</surname>
<given-names>Peter</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff80">
<sup>80</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Stumvoll</surname>
<given-names>Michael</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff34">
<sup>34</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff35">
<sup>35</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Mägi</surname>
<given-names>Reedik</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff44">
<sup>44</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff81">
<sup>81</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Hofman</surname>
<given-names>Albert</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff36">
<sup>36</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Uitterlinden</surname>
<given-names>Andre G.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff82">
<sup>82</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Rivadeneira</surname>
<given-names>Fernando</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff82">
<sup>82</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Aulchenko</surname>
<given-names>Yurii S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff36">
<sup>36</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Polasek</surname>
<given-names>Ozren</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff83">
<sup>83</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Hastie</surname>
<given-names>Nick</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff84">
<sup>84</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Vitart</surname>
<given-names>Veronique</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff84">
<sup>84</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Helmer</surname>
<given-names>Catherine</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff85">
<sup>85</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff86">
<sup>86</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Jie Jin</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff87">
<sup>87</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff88">
<sup>88</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ruggiero</surname>
<given-names>Daniela</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff40">
<sup>40</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Bergmann</surname>
<given-names>Sven</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff42">
<sup>42</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kähönen</surname>
<given-names>Mika</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff89">
<sup>89</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Viikari</surname>
<given-names>Jorma</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff90">
<sup>90</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Nikopensius</surname>
<given-names>Tiit</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff45">
<sup>45</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Province</surname>
<given-names>Michael</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ketkar</surname>
<given-names>Shamika</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Colhoun</surname>
<given-names>Helen</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff46">
<sup>46</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Doney</surname>
<given-names>Alex</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff91">
<sup>91</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Robino</surname>
<given-names>Antonietta</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff92">
<sup>92</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Giulianini</surname>
<given-names>Franco</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff48">
<sup>48</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Krämer</surname>
<given-names>Bernhard K.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff93">
<sup>93</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Portas</surname>
<given-names>Laura</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff49">
<sup>49</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ford</surname>
<given-names>Ian</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff94">
<sup>94</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Buckley</surname>
<given-names>Brendan M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff95">
<sup>95</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Adam</surname>
<given-names>Martin</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff51">
<sup>51</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Thun</surname>
<given-names>Gian-Andri</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff51">
<sup>51</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Paulweber</surname>
<given-names>Bernhard</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff96">
<sup>96</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Haun</surname>
<given-names>Margot</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff97">
<sup>97</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Sala</surname>
<given-names>Cinzia</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff53">
<sup>53</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Metzger</surname>
<given-names>Marie</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff98">
<sup>98</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Mitchell</surname>
<given-names>Paul</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff87">
<sup>87</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ciullo</surname>
<given-names>Marina</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff40">
<sup>40</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kim</surname>
<given-names>Stuart K.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff29">
<sup>29</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff68">
<sup>68</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Vollenweider</surname>
<given-names>Peter</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff99">
<sup>99</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Raitakari</surname>
<given-names>Olli</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff100">
<sup>100</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Metspalu</surname>
<given-names>Andres</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff44">
<sup>44</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff45">
<sup>45</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Palmer</surname>
<given-names>Colin</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff101">
<sup>101</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Gasparini</surname>
<given-names>Paolo</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff92">
<sup>92</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Pirastu</surname>
<given-names>Mario</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff49">
<sup>49</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Jukema</surname>
<given-names>J. Wouter</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff50">
<sup>50</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff102">
<sup>102</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff103">
<sup>103</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff104">
<sup>104</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Probst-Hensch</surname>
<given-names>Nicole M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff51">
<sup>51</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kronenberg</surname>
<given-names>Florian</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff52">
<sup>52</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Toniolo</surname>
<given-names>Daniela</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff53">
<sup>53</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Gudnason</surname>
<given-names>Vilmundur</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff23">
<sup>23</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff24">
<sup>24</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Shuldiner</surname>
<given-names>Alan R.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff25">
<sup>25</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff105">
<sup>105</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Coresh</surname>
<given-names>Josef</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff106">
<sup>106</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Schmidt</surname>
<given-names>Reinhold</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff57">
<sup>57</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ferrucci</surname>
<given-names>Luigi</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff27">
<sup>27</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Siscovick</surname>
<given-names>David S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff28">
<sup>28</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>van Duijn</surname>
<given-names>Cornelia M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff20">
<sup>20</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Borecki</surname>
<given-names>Ingrid</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kardia</surname>
<given-names>Sharon L. R.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff107">
<sup>107</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Yongmei</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff31">
<sup>31</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Curhan</surname>
<given-names>Gary C.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff108">
<sup>108</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Rudan</surname>
<given-names>Igor</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff70">
<sup>70</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Gyllensten</surname>
<given-names>Ulf</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff33">
<sup>33</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Wilson</surname>
<given-names>James F.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff70">
<sup>70</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Franke</surname>
<given-names>Andre</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff72">
<sup>72</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Pramstaller</surname>
<given-names>Peter P.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Rettig</surname>
<given-names>Rainer</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff109">
<sup>109</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Prokopenko</surname>
<given-names>Inga</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff81">
<sup>81</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Witteman</surname>
<given-names>Jacqueline C. M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff36">
<sup>36</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Hayward</surname>
<given-names>Caroline</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff84">
<sup>84</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Ridker</surname>
<given-names>Paul</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff48">
<sup>48</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff110">
<sup>110</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Parsa</surname>
<given-names>Afshin</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff111">
<sup>111</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Bochud</surname>
<given-names>Murielle</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff112">
<sup>112</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Heid</surname>
<given-names>Iris M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff113">
<sup>113</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff114">
<sup>114</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Goessling</surname>
<given-names>Wolfram</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff115">
<sup>115</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff116">
<sup>116</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="fn1">
<sup></sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Chasman</surname>
<given-names>Daniel I.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff48">
<sup>48</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff110">
<sup>110</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="fn1">
<sup></sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kao</surname>
<given-names>W. H. Linda</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff106">
<sup>106</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">
<sup>*</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="fn1">
<sup></sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Fox</surname>
<given-names>Caroline S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff17">
<sup>17</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff117">
<sup>117</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">
<sup>*</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="fn1">
<sup></sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="aff1">
<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Genetic Medicine, European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) and Affiliated Institute of the University of Lübeck, Bolzano, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Renal Division, Freiburg University Clinic, Freiburg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff6">
<label>6</label>
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff7">
<label>7</label>
<addr-line>Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff8">
<label>8</label>
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff9">
<label>9</label>
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff10">
<label>10</label>
<addr-line>Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff11">
<label>11</label>
<addr-line>Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff12">
<label>12</label>
<addr-line>Division of Statistical Genomics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff13">
<label>13</label>
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff14">
<label>14</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff15">
<label>15</label>
<addr-line>Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff16">
<label>16</label>
<addr-line>Renal Division, Freiburg University Clinic, Freiburg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff17">
<label>17</label>
<addr-line>National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study and the Center for Population Studies, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff18">
<label>18</label>
<addr-line>Division of Nephrology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff19">
<label>19</label>
<addr-line>Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff20">
<label>20</label>
<addr-line>Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff21">
<label>21</label>
<addr-line>Centre for Medical Systems Biology, Leiden, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff22">
<label>22</label>
<addr-line>Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff23">
<label>23</label>
<addr-line>Icelandic Heart Association, Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff24">
<label>24</label>
<addr-line>University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff25">
<label>25</label>
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff26">
<label>26</label>
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Forensic Molecular Biology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff27">
<label>27</label>
<addr-line>Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff28">
<label>28</label>
<addr-line>University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff29">
<label>29</label>
<addr-line>Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff30">
<label>30</label>
<addr-line>Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff31">
<label>31</label>
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff32">
<label>32</label>
<addr-line>Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff33">
<label>33</label>
<addr-line>Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff34">
<label>34</label>
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff35">
<label>35</label>
<addr-line>IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff36">
<label>36</label>
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff37">
<label>37</label>
<addr-line>Inserm UMR744, Institut Pasteur, Lille, France</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff38">
<label>38</label>
<addr-line>Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff39">
<label>39</label>
<addr-line>Centre for Information-based Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff40">
<label>40</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano-Buzzati Traverso”–CNR, Napoli, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff41">
<label>41</label>
<addr-line>Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff42">
<label>42</label>
<addr-line>Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff43">
<label>43</label>
<addr-line>Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Centre for Laboratory Medicine Tampere Finn-Medi 2, Tampere, Finland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff44">
<label>44</label>
<addr-line>Estonian Genome Center of University of Tartu (EGCUT), Tartu, Estonia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff45">
<label>45</label>
<addr-line>Estonian Biocenter and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff46">
<label>46</label>
<addr-line>Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff47">
<label>47</label>
<addr-line>Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff48">
<label>48</label>
<addr-line>Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff49">
<label>49</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Population Genetics – CNR, Sassari, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff50">
<label>50</label>
<addr-line>Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff51">
<label>51</label>
<addr-line>Unit of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff52">
<label>52</label>
<addr-line>Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff53">
<label>53</label>
<addr-line>Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff54">
<label>54</label>
<addr-line>Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, NIA, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff55">
<label>55</label>
<addr-line>Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff56">
<label>56</label>
<addr-line>Austrian Stroke Prevention Study, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Department of Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff57">
<label>57</label>
<addr-line>Austrian Stroke Prevention Study, University Clinic of Neurology, Department of Special Neurology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff58">
<label>58</label>
<addr-line>Division of Nephrology/Tufts Evidence Practice Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff59">
<label>59</label>
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff60">
<label>60</label>
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff61">
<label>61</label>
<addr-line>Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff62">
<label>62</label>
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff63">
<label>63</label>
<addr-line>Abteilung Innere II, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff64">
<label>64</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff65">
<label>65</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff66">
<label>66</label>
<addr-line>Klinikum Grosshadern, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff67">
<label>67</label>
<addr-line>Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split Medical School, Split, Croatia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff68">
<label>68</label>
<addr-line>Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff69">
<label>69</label>
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff70">
<label>70</label>
<addr-line>Center for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff71">
<label>71</label>
<addr-line>MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff72">
<label>72</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff73">
<label>73</label>
<addr-line>popgen Biobank, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff74">
<label>74</label>
<addr-line>Clinic for Prosthodontic Dentistry, Gerostomatology, and Material Science, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff75">
<label>75</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff76">
<label>76</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Pharmacology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff77">
<label>77</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff78">
<label>78</label>
<addr-line>Clinic for Internal Medicine A, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff79">
<label>79</label>
<addr-line>Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff80">
<label>80</label>
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff81">
<label>81</label>
<addr-line>Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff82">
<label>82</label>
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff83">
<label>83</label>
<addr-line>Croatian Centre for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff84">
<label>84</label>
<addr-line>MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff85">
<label>85</label>
<addr-line>INSERM U897, Université Victor Ségalen Bordeaux 2, ISPED, Bordeaux, France</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff86">
<label>86</label>
<addr-line>Université Bordeaux 2 Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff87">
<label>87</label>
<addr-line>Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff88">
<label>88</label>
<addr-line>Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff89">
<label>89</label>
<addr-line>Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff90">
<label>90</label>
<addr-line>Department of Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff91">
<label>91</label>
<addr-line>NHS Tayside, Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff92">
<label>92</label>
<addr-line>Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo,” University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff93">
<label>93</label>
<addr-line>University Medical Centre Mannheim, 5th Department of Medicine, Mannheim, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff94">
<label>94</label>
<addr-line>Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff95">
<label>95</label>
<addr-line>Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff96">
<label>96</label>
<addr-line>First Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff97">
<label>97</label>
<addr-line>Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff98">
<label>98</label>
<addr-line>Inserm UMRS 1018, CESP Team 10, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff99">
<label>99</label>
<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff100">
<label>100</label>
<addr-line>Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff101">
<label>101</label>
<addr-line>Biomedical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff102">
<label>102</label>
<addr-line>Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN), Utrecht, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff103">
<label>103</label>
<addr-line>Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff104">
<label>104</label>
<addr-line>Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff105">
<label>105</label>
<addr-line>Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff106">
<label>106</label>
<addr-line>Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff107">
<label>107</label>
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff108">
<label>108</label>
<addr-line>Brigham and Women's Hospital and Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff109">
<label>109</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Physiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff110">
<label>110</label>
<addr-line>Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff111">
<label>111</label>
<addr-line>Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff112">
<label>112</label>
<addr-line>University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff113">
<label>113</label>
<addr-line>Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff114">
<label>114</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff115">
<label>115</label>
<addr-line>Divisions of Genetics and Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff116">
<label>116</label>
<addr-line>Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff117">
<label>117</label>
<addr-line>Division of Endocrinology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America</addr-line>
</aff>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="editor">
<name>
<surname>Gibson</surname>
<given-names>Greg</given-names>
</name>
<role>Editor</role>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="edit1"></xref>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="edit1">Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America</aff>
<author-notes>
<corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:
<email>foxca@nhlbi.nih.gov</email>
(CSF);
<email>wkao@jhsph.edu</email>
(WHL Kao)</corresp>
<fn fn-type="con">
<p>Study design: V Gudnason, TB Harris, LJ Launer, G Eiriksdottir, A Parsa, A Köttgen, WHL Kao, R Schmidt, L Ferrucci, DS Siscovick, BA Oostra, CM van Duijn, I Borecki, CS Fox, FB Hu, CA Böger, M Gorski, T Illig, A Döring, HE Wichmann, IM Heid, I Rudan, PP Pramstaller, GC Curhan, U Gyllensten, JF Wilson, SH Wild, AF Wright, H Campbell, A Hofman, AG Uitterlinden, JCM Witteman, R Biffar, K Endlich, R Rettig, S Stracke, H Völzke, P Kovacs, A Tönjes, O Polasek, N Hastie, C Hayward, V Vitart, DI Chasman, P Ridker, C Helmer, A Metspalu, JJ Wang, P Mitchell, M Province, X Gao, M Ciullo, P Vollenweider, M Pirastu, B Paulweber, D Toniolo, T Lehtimäki, O Raitakari, M Kähönen, J Viikari, P Gasparini, H Colhoun, A Doney, C Palmer, H Deshmukh, S Trompet, I Ford, BM Buckley, JW Jukema, NM Probst-Hensch. Study management: V Gudnason, TB Harris, LJ Launer, G Eiriksdottir, A Parsa, WHL Kao, R Schmidt, H Schmidt, M Cavalieri, L Ferrucci, DS Siscovick, A Isaacs, BA Oostra, CM van Duijn, I Borecki, CS Fox, J Ding, Y Liu, MC Cornelis, FB Hu, W Koenig, T Illig, A Döring, HE Wichmann, I Rudan, I Kolcic, T Zemunik, M Boban, C Pattaro, PP Pramstaller, GC Curhan, A Johansson, G Zaboli, U Gyllensten, JF Wilson, SH Wild, U Nöthlings, A Hofman, AG Uitterlinden, JCM Witteman, R Biffar, K Endlich, R Rettig, U Völker, H Völkze, M Stumvoll, A Tönjes, O Polasek, N Hastie, C Hayward, V Vitart, DI Chasman, P Ridker, C Helmer, A Metspalu, JJ Wang, P Mitchell, M Province, X Gao, M Ciullo, M Bochud, P Vollenweider, M Pirastu, B Kollerits, M Haun, B Paulweber, F Kronenberg, D Toniolo, T Lehtimäki, O Raitakari, M Kähönen, J Viikari, P Gasparini, F Giulianini, H Colhoun, A Doney, C Palmer, H Deshmukh, S Trompet, I Ford, BM Buckley, JW Jukema, BK Krämer, NM Probst-Hensch, M Imboden. Subject recruitment: G Eiriksdottir, AR Shuldiner, BD Mitchell, J Coresh, R Schmidt, M Cavalieri, DS Siscovick, BA Oostra, CM van Duijn, TB Harris, T Illig, A Döring, HE Wichmann, I Rudan, I Kolcic, PP Pramstaller, A Johansson, JF Wilson, SH Wild, A Hofman, AG Uitterlinden, JCM Witteman, R Biffar, R Rettig, S Stracke, H Völkze, A Tönjes, O Polasek, C Helmer, P Mitchell, M Ciullo, P Vollenweider, M Pirastu, B Paulweber, D Toniolo, O Raitakari, M Kähönen, J Viikari, S Ulivi, A Robino, P Ridker, H Colhoun, A Doney, C Palmer, I Ford, BM Buckley, JW Jukema, NM Probst-Hensch. Genotyping: AR Shuldiner, BD Mitchell, E Boerwinkle, H Schmidt, A Isaacs, A Demirkan, BA Oostra, CM van Duijn, M de Andrade, EJ Atkinson, ST Turner, SLR Kardia, Y Liu, CA Böger, M Gorski, T Illig, HE Wichmann, IM Heid, JF Wilson, H Campbell, A Franke, AG Uitterlinden, F Rivadeneira, F Ernst, G Homuth, HK Kroemer, M Nauck, U Völker, M Stumvoll, O Polasek, C Hayward, DI Chasman, T Esko, M Haun, F Kronenberg, T Lehtimäki, F Giulianini, S Trompet, JW Jukema. Statistical methods and analysis: T Aspelund, AV Smith, A Parsa, JR O'Connell, A Köttgen, WHL Kao, A Tin, C Hundertmark, M Struchalin, T Tanaka, G Li, A Isaacs, A Demirkan, M Feitosa, CS Fox, MH Chen, MC Foster, SJ Hwang, Q Yang, K Lohman, JS Andrews, Y Liu, MC Cornelis, CA Böger, M Gorski, IM Heid, C Pattaro, D Taliun, C Fuchsberger, C Minelli, A Johansson, W Igl, D Ellinghaus, A Franke, A Dehghan, F Rivadeneira, YS Aulchenko, A Teumer, I Prokopenko, R Mägi, C Hayward, V Vitart, DI Chasman, T Esko, EG Holliday, X Gao, S Ketkar, D Ruggiero, R Sorice, Z Kutalik, S Bergmann, F Murgia, L Portas, B Kollerits, F Kronenberg, G Pistis, S Ulivi, A Robino, AY Chu, H Colhoun, A Doney, C Palmer, H Deshmukh, I Ford, NM Probst-Hensch, M Adam, GA Thun, M Olden, M Li, N Glazer, HJ Gierman, V Chouraki, HE Wheeler, G Jacobs, T Nikopensius, M Metzger. Bioinformatics: AV Smith, JR O'Connell, C Hundertmark, M Struchalin, G Li, MH Chen, Q Yang, K Lohman, JS Andrews, Y Liu, MC Cornelis, CA Böger, M Gorski, IM Heid, C Pattaro, D Taliun, C Fuchsberger, A Johansson, W Igl, D Ellinghaus, A Dehghan, F Rivadeneira, YS Aulchenko, HK Kroemer, A Teumer, I Prokopenko, R Mägi, DI Chasman, T Esko, D Ruggiero, R Sorice, S Bergmann, F Murgia, L Portas, G Pistis, C Sala, T Lehtimäki, O Raitakari, S Ulivi, F Giulianini, S Trompet, I Ford, M Imboden, C-T Liu, AD Johnson, SK Kim. Zebrafish studies: M Garnaas, W Goessling. Interpretation of results: V Gudnason, TB Harris, LJ Launer, AV Smith, A Parsa, A Köttgen, WHL Kao, A Tin, DS Siscovick, G Li, M Rao, A Isaacs, MH Chen, MC Foster, SJ Hwang, Q Yang, J Ding, K Lohman, Y Liu, CA Böger, M Gorski, IM Heid, I Rudan, T Zemunik, M Boban, C Pattaro, D Taliun, A Johansson, W Igl, G Zaboli, U Gyllensten, JF Wilson, SH Wild, R Biffar, K Endlich, HK Kroemer, M Nauck, R Rettig, S Stracke, A Teumer, U Völker, H Völkze, O Polasek, N Hastie, C Hayward, V Vitart, DI Chasman, BI Freedman, T Esko, A Metspalu, EG Holliday, I Borecki, M Province, X Gao, M Ciullo, M Bochud, B Kollerits, M Haun, B Paulweber, F Kronenberg, D Toniolo, G Pistis, C Sala, AY Chu, S Trompet, JW Jukema, M Garnaas, W Goessling, CS Fox. Wrote the manuscript: C Pattaro, A Köttgen, A Teumer, M Garnaas, CA Böger, C Fuchsberger, A Tin, CM O'Seaghdha, A Parsa, M Bochud, IM Heid, W Goessling, DI Chasman, WHL Kao, CS Fox.</p>
</fn>
<fn id="fn1" fn-type="other">
<p>¶ These authors were joint senior authors on this work.</p>
</fn>
</author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="collection">
<month>3</month>
<year>2012</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>29</day>
<month>3</month>
<year>2012</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="ecorrected">
<day>02 </day>
<month>4</month>
<year>2012</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<issue>3</issue>
<elocation-id>e1002584</elocation-id>
<history>
<date date-type="received">
<day>1</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2011</year>
</date>
<date date-type="accepted">
<day>22</day>
<month>1</month>
<year>2012</year>
</date>
</history>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>Pattaro et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2012</copyright-year>
<license xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
<license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.</license-p>
</license>
</permissions>
<abstract>
<p>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important public health problem with a genetic component. We performed genome-wide association studies in up to 130,600 European ancestry participants overall, and stratified for key CKD risk factors. We uncovered 6 new loci in association with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), the primary clinical measure of CKD, in or near
<italic>MPPED2</italic>
,
<italic>DDX1</italic>
,
<italic>SLC47A1</italic>
,
<italic>CDK12</italic>
,
<italic>CASP9</italic>
, and
<italic>INO80</italic>
. Morpholino knockdown of
<italic>mpped2</italic>
and
<italic>casp9</italic>
in zebrafish embryos revealed podocyte and tubular abnormalities with altered dextran clearance, suggesting a role for these genes in renal function. By providing new insights into genes that regulate renal function, these results could further our understanding of the pathogenesis of CKD.</p>
</abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="summary">
<title>Author Summary</title>
<p>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important public health problem with a hereditary component. We performed a new genome-wide association study in up to 130,600 European ancestry individuals to identify genes that may influence kidney function, specifically genes that may influence kidney function differently depending on sex, age, hypertension, and diabetes status of individuals. We uncovered 6 new loci associated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), the primary measure of renal function, in or near
<italic>MPPED2</italic>
,
<italic>DDX1</italic>
,
<italic>SLC47A1</italic>
,
<italic>CDK12</italic>
,
<italic>CASP9</italic>
, and
<italic>INO80</italic>
.
<italic>CDK12</italic>
effect was stronger in younger and absent in older individuals.
<italic>MPPED2</italic>
,
<italic>DDX1</italic>
,
<italic>SLC47A1</italic>
, and
<italic>CDK12</italic>
loci were associated with eGFR in African ancestry samples as well, highlighting the cross-ethnicity validity of our findings. Using the zebrafish model, we performed morpholino knockdown of
<italic>mpped2</italic>
and
<italic>casp9</italic>
in zebrafish embryos and revealed podocyte and tubular abnormalities with altered dextran clearance, suggesting a role for these genes in renal function. These results further our understanding of the pathogenesis of CKD and provide insights into potential novel mechanisms of disease.</p>
</abstract>
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