About the Authors
- Tianxiao Huan
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tianxiao Huan, Tõnu Esko, Marjolein J. Peters, Luke C. Pilling, Katharina Schramm, Claudia Schurmann
Affiliations The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Tõnu Esko
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tianxiao Huan, Tõnu Esko, Marjolein J. Peters, Luke C. Pilling, Katharina Schramm, Claudia Schurmann
Affiliations Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Marjolein J. Peters
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tianxiao Huan, Tõnu Esko, Marjolein J. Peters, Luke C. Pilling, Katharina Schramm, Claudia Schurmann
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands Genomics Initiative–sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NGI‐NCHA), Leiden and Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Luke C. Pilling
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tianxiao Huan, Tõnu Esko, Marjolein J. Peters, Luke C. Pilling, Katharina Schramm, Claudia Schurmann
Affiliation Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Katharina Schramm
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tianxiao Huan, Tõnu Esko, Marjolein J. Peters, Luke C. Pilling, Katharina Schramm, Claudia Schurmann
Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
- Claudia Schurmann
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tianxiao Huan, Tõnu Esko, Marjolein J. Peters, Luke C. Pilling, Katharina Schramm, Claudia Schurmann
Affiliations Department of Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Genetics of Obesity & Related Metabolic Traits Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
- Brian H. Chen
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Affiliations The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Chunyu Liu
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Affiliations The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Roby Joehanes
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Affiliations The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Andrew D. Johnson
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Affiliations The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Human Genomics Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Chen Yao
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Affiliations The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Sai-xia Ying
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Affiliation Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Paul Courchesne
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Affiliations The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Lili Milani
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Affiliation Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Nalini Raghavachari
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Affiliation Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Richard Wang
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Affiliation Genomics Core facility Genetics & Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Poching Liu
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Affiliation Genomics Core facility Genetics & Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Eva Reinmaa
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Affiliation Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Abbas Dehghan
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Affiliations Netherlands Genomics Initiative–sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NGI‐NCHA), Leiden and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Albert Hofman
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Affiliations Netherlands Genomics Initiative–sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NGI‐NCHA), Leiden and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- André G. Uitterlinden
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands Genomics Initiative–sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NGI‐NCHA), Leiden and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Dena G. Hernandez
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Affiliation Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Stefania Bandinelli
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Affiliation Geriatric Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Firenze, Florence, Italy
- Andrew Singleton
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Affiliation Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- David Melzer
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Affiliation Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Andres Metspalu
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Affiliation Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Maren Carstensen
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Harald Grallert
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Affiliations Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Partner Munich, Munich, Germany
- Christian Herder
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Thomas Meitinger
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Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, München, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Annette Peters
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Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Partner Munich, Munich, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Michael Roden
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Partner Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Melanie Waldenberger
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Affiliations Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Marcus Dörr
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Affiliations University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Internal Medicine B—Cardiology, Greifswald, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Stephan B. Felix
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Affiliations University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Internal Medicine B—Cardiology, Greifswald, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Tanja Zeller
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Affiliations Universitäres Herzzentrum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
- International Consortium for Blood Pressure GWAS (ICBP)
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¶Membership of the International Consortium for Blood Pressure GWAS (ICBP) is listed in the section “Members of International Consortium for Blood Pressure GWAS (ICBP).”
- Ramachandran Vasan
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Affiliation The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Christopher J. O'Donnell
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Affiliations The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Peter J. Munson
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Affiliation Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Xia Yang
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* E-mail: Levyd@nih.gov (DL); ferruccilu@mail.nih.gov (LF); j.vanmeurs@erasmusmc.nl (JBJvM); prokisch@helmholtz-muenchen.de (HP); voelker@uni-greifswald.de (UV); xyang123@ucla.edu (XY)
Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Holger Prokisch
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* E-mail: Levyd@nih.gov (DL); ferruccilu@mail.nih.gov (LF); j.vanmeurs@erasmusmc.nl (JBJvM); prokisch@helmholtz-muenchen.de (HP); voelker@uni-greifswald.de (UV); xyang123@ucla.edu (XY)
Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
- Uwe Völker
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* E-mail: Levyd@nih.gov (DL); ferruccilu@mail.nih.gov (LF); j.vanmeurs@erasmusmc.nl (JBJvM); prokisch@helmholtz-muenchen.de (HP); voelker@uni-greifswald.de (UV); xyang123@ucla.edu (XY)
Affiliations Department of Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Joyce B. J. van Meurs
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* E-mail: Levyd@nih.gov (DL); ferruccilu@mail.nih.gov (LF); j.vanmeurs@erasmusmc.nl (JBJvM); prokisch@helmholtz-muenchen.de (HP); voelker@uni-greifswald.de (UV); xyang123@ucla.edu (XY)
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands Genomics Initiative–sponsored Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NGI‐NCHA), Leiden and Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Luigi Ferrucci
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* E-mail: Levyd@nih.gov (DL); ferruccilu@mail.nih.gov (LF); j.vanmeurs@erasmusmc.nl (JBJvM); prokisch@helmholtz-muenchen.de (HP); voelker@uni-greifswald.de (UV); xyang123@ucla.edu (XY)
Affiliation Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Daniel Levy
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* E-mail: Levyd@nih.gov (DL); ferruccilu@mail.nih.gov (LF); j.vanmeurs@erasmusmc.nl (JBJvM); prokisch@helmholtz-muenchen.de (HP); voelker@uni-greifswald.de (UV); xyang123@ucla.edu (XY)
Affiliations The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Performed the experiments: NR RW PL PC MC. Analyzed the data: TH TE MJP LCP KS CS BHC CL RJ. Wrote the paper: TH TE MJP LCP KS CS DL LF JBJvM HP UV XY. Designed, directed, and supervised the project: DL LF JBJvM HP UV XY CH. Participated in revising and editing the manuscripts: ADJ CY SxY LM NR ER AD AH AGU DGH SB AS DM AM MC HG CH TM AP MR MW MD SBF TZ RV CJO PJM.