Plasma Cathepsin S and Cystatin C Levels and Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Randomized Population–Based Study

• Bing-Jie Lv ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bing-Jie Lv, Jes S. Lindholt

  Affiliations Institute of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Jes S. Lindholt ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bing-Jie Lv, Jes S. Lindholt

  Affiliation Vascular Research Unit, Department of Vascular Surgery, Viborg Hospital, Viborg, Denmark

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• Xiang Cheng,

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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• Jing Wang ,

  * E-mail: gshi@rics.bwh.harvard.edu (GPS); jwang38@rics.bwh.harvard.edu (JW)

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Guo-Ping Shi

  * E-mail: gshi@rics.bwh.harvard.edu (GPS); jwang38@rics.bwh.harvard.edu (JW)

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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