Genetic Contribution of Variants near SORT1 and APOE on LDL Cholesterol Independent of Obesity in Children

• Clara Breitling ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clara Breitling, Arnd Gross

  Affiliation Center for Pediatric Research (CPL), University Hospital for Children and Adolescents Leipzig, Dept. of Women´s & Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Arnd Gross ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Clara Breitling, Arnd Gross

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, LIFE-Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Petra Büttner,

  Affiliation Center for Pediatric Research (CPL), University Hospital for Children and Adolescents Leipzig, Dept. of Women´s & Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Sebastian Weise,

  Affiliation Center for Pediatric Research (CPL), University Hospital for Children and Adolescents Leipzig, Dept. of Women´s & Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Dorit Schleinitz,

  Affiliation Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases (IFB), Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Wieland Kiess,

  Affiliation Center for Pediatric Research (CPL), University Hospital for Children and Adolescents Leipzig, Dept. of Women´s & Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Markus Scholz,

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, LIFE-Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Peter Kovacs,

  Affiliation Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases (IFB), Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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• Antje Körner

  * E-mail: Antje.Koerner@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

  Affiliations Center for Pediatric Research (CPL), University Hospital for Children and Adolescents Leipzig, Dept. of Women´s & Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases (IFB), Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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