About the Authors
- John Danesh
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Contributed equally to this work with: John Danesh, Stephen Kaptoge
*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: john.danesh@phpc.cam.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Stephen Kaptoge
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Contributed equally to this work with: John Danesh, Stephen Kaptoge
Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Andrea G Mann
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Nadeem Sarwar
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Angela Wood
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Sara B Angleman
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Frances Wensley
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Julian P. T Higgins
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit and Public Health Genetics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Lucy Lennon
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Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
- Gudny Eiriksdottir
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Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland , University of Iceland, Kopavogur, Iceland
- Ann Rumley
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Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Peter H Whincup
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Affiliation Division of Community Health Sciences, St George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Gordon D. O Lowe
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Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Vilmundur Gudnason
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Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland , University of Iceland, Kopavogur, Iceland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
JD, PHW, and VG conceived and designed the current work. SK and FW analysed the data. JD and SK drafted the paper. JD, SK, NS, AW, SBA, FW, JPTH, GE, AR, PHW, GDOL, and VG contributed to the writing of the paper. SK, AGM, NS, FW, and JPTH conducted the systematic review. LL collected the follow-up data in the BRHS. AR and GDOL supervised IL-6 assays.