PCSK9 loss-of-function variants and risk of infection and sepsis in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort

• Kellie A. Mitchell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Justin Xavier Moore,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Robert S. Rosenson,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Ryan Irvin,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Faheem W. Guirgis,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

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• Nathan Shapiro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Monika Safford,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Weill-Cornell School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Henry E. Wang

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Henry.e.wang@uth.tmc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4738-0093

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