A Variant In the Abo Gene Explains the Variation in Soluble E-Selectin Levels—Results from Dense Genotyping in Two Independent Populations

• Mahir Karakas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mahir Karakas, Jens Baumert

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany

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• Jens Baumert ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mahir Karakas, Jens Baumert

  Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

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• Marcus E. Kleber,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany, Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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• Barbara Thorand,

  Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

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• Dhayana Dallmeier,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany

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• Günther Silbernagel,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology, Vascular Disease, and Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Tanja B. Grammer,

  Affiliation Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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• Wolfgang Rottbauer,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany

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• Christa Meisinger,

  Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

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• Thomas Illig,

  Affiliations Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Hannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Winfried März,

  Affiliations Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany, Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Synlab Academy, Synlab Services GmbH, Mannheim, Germany

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• Wolfgang Koenig

  * E-mail: wolfgang.koenig@uniklinik-ulm.de

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany

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