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Association of novel genetic Loci with circulating fibrinogen levels: a genome-wide association study in 6 population-based cohorts

  • A Dehghan
  • , Q Yang
  • , A Peters
  • , S Basu
  • , JC Bis
  • , AR Rudnicka
  • , M Kavousi
  • , MH Chen
  • , J Baumert
  • , GD Lowe
  • , B McKnight
  • , W Tang
  • , M de Maat
  • , MG Larson
  • , S Eyhermendy
  • , WL McArdle
  • , T Lumley
  • , JS Pankow
  • , A Hofman
  • , JM Massaro
  • F Rivadeneira, M Kolz, KD Taylor, CM van Duijn, S Kathiresan, T Illig, YS Aulchenko, KA Volcik, AD Johnson, AG Uitterlinden, GH Tofler, C Gieger, Jayne Franklyn, Wellcome Trust Care Control Consortium

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Fibrinogen is both central to blood coagulation and an acute-phase reactant. We aimed to identify common variants influencing circulation fibrinogen levels. METHODS AND RESULTS: We conducted a genome-wide association analysis on 6 population-based studies, the Rotterdam Study, the Framingham Heart Study, the Cardiovascular Health Study, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, the Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease/KORA Augsburg Study, and the British 1958 Birth Cohort Study, including 22 096 participants of European ancestry. Four loci were marked by 1 or more single-nucleotide polymorphisms that demonstrated genome-wide significance (P
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)125-33
Number of pages9
JournalCirculation: Cardiovascular Genetics
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2009

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