Common genetic variation in the 3'-BCL11B gene desert is associated with carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and excess cardiovascular disease risk: the AortaGen Consortium

Gary F Mitchell, Germaine C Verwoert, Kirill V Tarasov, Aaron Isaacs, Albert V Smith, [No Value] Yasmin, Ernst R Rietzschel, Toshiko Tanaka, Yongmei Liu, Afshin Parsa, Samer S Najjar, Kevin M O'Shaughnessy, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Marc L De Buyzere, Martin G Larson, Mark P S Sie, Jeanette S Andrews, Wendy S Post, Francesco U S Mattace-Raso, Carmel M McEnieryGudny Eiriksdottir, Patrick Segers, Ramachandran S Vasan, Marie Josee E van Rijn, Timothy D Howard, Patrick F McArdle, Abbas Dehghan, Elizabeth S Jewell, Stephen J Newhouse, Sofie Bekaert, Naomi M Hamburg, Anne B Newman, Albert Hofman, Angelo Scuteri, Dirk De Bacquer, Mohammad Arfan Ikram, Bruce M Psaty, Christian Fuchsberger, Matthias Olden, Louise V Wain, Paul Elliott, Nicholas L Smith, Janine F Felix, Jeanette Erdmann, Joseph A Vita, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Eric J G Sijbrands, Serena Sanna, Lenore J Launer, Tim De Meyer, Andrew D Johnson, Anna F C Schut, David M Herrington, Fernando Rivadeneira, Manuela Uda, Ian B Wilkinson, Thor Aspelund, Thierry C Gillebert, Luc Van Bortel, Emelia J Benjamin, Ben A Oostra, Jingzhong Ding, Quince Gibson, André G Uitterlinden, Gonçalo R Abecasis, John R Cockcroft, Vilmundur Gudnason, Guy G De Backer, Luigi Ferrucci, Tamara B Harris, Alan R Shuldiner, Cornelia M van Duijn, Daniel Levy, Edward G Lakatta, Jacqueline C M Witteman, Richard Dobson

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Abstract

Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CFPWV) is a heritable measure of aortic stiffness that is strongly associated with increased risk for major cardiovascular disease events.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)81-90
Number of pages10
JournalCirculation-Cardiovascular Genetics
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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