Circulating interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels are associated with aortic dimensions in genetic aortic conditions

• Daishi Fujita,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7928-3012

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• Liliana Preiss,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Kenichi Aizawa,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

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• Federico Asch,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Kim Eagle,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Toru Suzuki ,

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

  * E-mail: torusuzu-tky@umin.ac.jp, ts263@le.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

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• On behalf of the GenTAC registry investigators

  ¶GenTAC registry investigators are provided in the Acknowledgments

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