The association between cigarette smoking and inflammation: The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) study

• Martin Tibuakuu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America, St. Luke’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Chesterfield, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8644-6086

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• Daisuke Kamimura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Mississippi Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Jackson, United States of America

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• Sina Kianoush,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America

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• Andrew P. DeFilippis,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, United States of America

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• Mahmoud Al Rifai,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, United States of America

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• Lindsay M. Reynolds,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, United States of America

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• Wendy B. White,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Jackson Heart Study, Tougaloo College, Jackson, United States of America

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• Kenneth R. Butler,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Jackson, United States of America

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• Thomas H. Mosley,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Jackson, United States of America

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• Stephen T. Turner,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America

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• Iftikhar J. Kullo,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America

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• Michael E. Hall,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Mississippi Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Jackson, United States of America

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• Michael J. Blaha

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mblaha1@jhmi.edu

  Affiliation Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America

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