About the Authors
- Emília Ilona Gaál
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* E-mail: emilia.gaal@helsinki.fi
Affiliations Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Perttu Salo
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Contributed equally to this work with: Perttu Salo, Kati Kristiansson
Affiliation Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Kati Kristiansson
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Contributed equally to this work with: Perttu Salo, Kati Kristiansson
Affiliations Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Karola Rehnström
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Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom
- Johannes Kettunen
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Affiliations Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Antti-Pekka Sarin
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Affiliations Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Mika Niemelä
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Antti Jula
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Affiliation Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Olli T. Raitakari
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Affiliations Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
- Terho Lehtimäki
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Johan G. Eriksson
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Affiliations Diabetes Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Vasa Central Hospital, Vasa, Finland, Folkhälsan Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland, Unit of General Practice, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Elisabeth Widen
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Affiliation Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Murat Günel
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Mitja Kurki
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Affiliation Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Mikael von und zu Fraunberg
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Affiliation Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Juha E. Jääskeläinen
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Affiliation Neurosurgery of NeuroCenter, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Juha Hernesniemi
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
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Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Department of Children, Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
- Anneli Pouta
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Affiliation Department of Children, Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
- The International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies (ICBP-GWAS)
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Text S1 . - Christopher Newton-Cheh
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Affiliations Center for Human Genetic Research, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Veikko Salomaa
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Affiliation Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Aarno Palotie
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Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom, Program in Medical and Population Genetics and Genetic Analysis Platform, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki and University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Markus Perola
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Affiliations Public Health Genomics Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, University of Tartu, Estonian Genome Centre, Tartu, Estonia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: M Perola, EI Gaál, A Palotie, JE Jääskeläinen, M Niemelä, V Salomaa. Performed the experiments: EI Gaál, P Salo, K Kristiansson, J Kettunen, A-P Sarin. Analyzed the data: EI Gaál, P Salo, K Kristiansson. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M Kurki, M von und zu Fraunberg, M Günel, M Niemelä, J Hernesniemi, OT Raitakari, T Lehtimäki, E Widen, JG Eriksson, M-R Järvelin, A Pouta, A Jula, V Salomaa, C Newton-Cheh. Wrote the paper: EI Gaál, K Rehnström, P Salo, K Kristiansson, V Salomaa, M Perola, A Palotie.