Wang, Xiaoling https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9290-7926
Pan, Yue
Zhu, Haidong
Hao, Guang
Huang, Yisong
Barnes, Vernon
Shi, Huidong
Snieder, Harold
Pankow, James
North, Kari
Grove, Megan
Guan, Weihua
Demerath, Ellen
Dong, Yanbin
Su, Shaoyong
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (HL105689, HL125577)
American Heart Association (GRNT20480211)
Article History
Received: 15 March 2017
Accepted: 15 December 2017
First Online: 5 January 2018
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