Zhu, Jingwen
Manichaikul, Ani
Hu, Yao
Chen, Yii-Der I.
Liang, Shuang
Steffen, Lyn M.
Rich, Stephen S.
Tsai, Michael
Siscovick, David S.
Lemaitre, Rozenn N.
Li, Huaixing
Lin, Xu
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program 2009AA022704)
the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program 2012CB524900)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30930081, 81170734, 81021002)
the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-EW-R-10, SIBS2008006)
the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (N01-HC-95159 through N01-HC-95169, N02-HL-64278)
the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (UL1-TR-001079, UL1-TR-000040, and DK063491)
Article History
Received: 21 April 2015
Accepted: 18 February 2016
First Online: 1 March 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: Both NHAPC and MESA cohorts have been approved by ethics committees and have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants in both studies.