Risk Alleles of USF1 Gene Predict Cardiovascular Disease of Women in Two Prospective Studies

• Kati Komulainen,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland

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• Mervi Alanne ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mervi Alanne, Kirsi Auro

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland

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• Kirsi Auro ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mervi Alanne, Kirsi Auro

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland

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• Riika Kilpikari,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland

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• Päivi Pajukanta,

  Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Janna Saarela,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland

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• Pekka Ellonen,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland

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• Kaisa Salminen,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

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• Sangita Kulathinal,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

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• Kari Kuulasmaa,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

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• Kaisa Silander,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland

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• Veikko Salomaa,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

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• Markus Perola,

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland , Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Leena Peltonen

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: leena.peltonen@ktl.fi

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland , Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland , The Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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