Evaluation of the relationship between plasma lipids and abdominal aortic aneurysm: A Mendelian randomization study

• Lu-Chen Weng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lu-Chen Weng, Nicholas S. Roetker

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

  Current address: Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Nicholas S. Roetker ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lu-Chen Weng, Nicholas S. Roetker

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Pamela L. Lutsey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Alvaro Alonso,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Weihua Guan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• James S. Pankow,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Aaron R. Folsom,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Lyn M. Steffen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Nathan Pankratz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Weihong Tang

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tang0097@umn.edu

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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