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SUBMITTER: Mehta NN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4132636 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mehta Nehal N NN Matthews Gregory J GJ Krishnamoorthy Parasuram P Shah Rhia R McLaughlin Catherine C Patel Parth P Budoff Matthew M Chen Jing J Wolman Melanie M Go Alan A He Jiang J Kanetsky Peter A PA Master Stephen R SR Rader Daniel J DJ Raj Dominic D Gadegbeku Crystal A CA Shah Rachana R Schreiber Marty M Fischer Michael J MJ Townsend Raymond R RR Kusek John J Feldman Harold I HI Foulkes Andrea S AS Reilly Muredach P MP
European heart journal 20131204 31
<h4>Aims</h4>Genome-wide association studies revealed an association between a locus at 10q11, downstream from CXCL12, and myocardial infarction (MI). However, the relationship among plasma CXCL12, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, incident MI, and death is unknown.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We analysed study-entry plasma CXCL12 levels in 3687 participants of the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study, a prospective study of cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in chronic kidney ...[more]