Matías-García, Pamela R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3906-5405
Ward-Caviness, Cavin K.
Raffield, Laura M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7892-193X
Gao, Xu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6506-6084
Zhang, Yan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9913-6490
Wilson, Rory
Gào, Xīn
Nano, Jana
Bostom, Andrew
Colicino, Elena
Correa, Adolfo
Coull, Brent
Eaton, Charles
Hou, Lifang
Just, Allan C.
Kunze, Sonja
Lange, Leslie
Lange, Ethan
Lin, Xihong
Liu, Simin
Nwanaji-Enwerem, Jamaji C.
Reiner, Alex
Shen, Jincheng
Schöttker, Ben
Vokonas, Pantel
Zheng, Yinan
Young, Bessie
Schwartz, Joel
Horvath, Steve
Lu, Ake
Whitsel, Eric A.
Koenig, Wolfgang
Adamski, Jerzy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9259-0199
Winkelmann, Juliane
Brenner, Hermann https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-1572
Baccarelli, Andrea A.
Gieger, Christian
Peters, Annette
Franceschini, Nora https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-2175
Waldenberger, Melanie https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0583-5093
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (P30ES009089, R01ES021733, R01ES025225, P30ES009089, R01ES027747)
Cooperative Studies Program/Epidemiology Research and Information Center of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHSN268201600018C, HHSN268201600001C, HHSN268201600002C, HHSN268201600003C, HHSN268201600004C)
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (R01- MD012765, R01-DK117445, R21-HL140385)
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (R01-ES020836, R01-ES020836, R01-ES020836, 60442456 BAA23, T32 HL129982, R21-HL140385)
Jackson State University (HHSN268201800013I)
Tougaloo College (HHSN268201800014I)
Michigan Department of Mental Health (HHSN268201800015I)
University of Mississippi Medical Center (HHSN268201800010I, HHSN268201800011I, HHSN268201800012I)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (KL2TR002490)
Article History
Received: 29 November 2020
Accepted: 18 April 2021
First Online: 2 June 2021
Change Date: 1 November 2021
Change Type: Update
Change Details: Open access funding note missed in the original publication. Now, it has been added in the Funding section
Declarations
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: All participants provided written consent, and study-specific details are described next: ESTHER: The study was approved by the ethics committees of the University of Heidelberg and of the Medical Association of Saarland. All participants provided written informed consent. JHS: All participants included in this analysis provided written, informed consent for use of genetic data, and all study protocols conform to the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki guidelines. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the participating institutions (University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson State University and Tougaloo College). KORA: The KORA cohort ethical approval was granted by the ethics committee of the Bavarian Medical Association (REC reference numbers: F4: #06068) and all were carried out in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All research participants have signed informed consent prior to taking part in any research activities. The KORA data protection procedures were approved by the responsible data protection officer of the Helmholtz Zentrum München. NAS: The NAS was approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and written informed consent was obtained from each subject before participation. WHI: All study participants have provided written consent to participate in genetic studies.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare the following competing interests: WK reports personal fees from AstraZeneca, Novartis, Pfizer, The Medicines Company, DalCor, Kowa, Amgen, Corvidia, Daiichi-Sankyo, Berlin-Chemie, Sanofi, Genentech, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, grants and non-financial support from Singulex, Abbott, Roche Diagnostics, Beckmann, all outside the submitted work.