American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 12 , Pages 1748-1754 , 15 December 2009

Pleiotropy of C-Reactive Protein Gene Polymorphisms With C-Reactive Protein Levels and Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Male Twins

  • Shaoyong Su, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Rachel Lampert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Jinying Zhao, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • James Douglas Bremner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Andrew Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Harold Snieder, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, St Thomas' Campus, King's College, London, United Kingdom
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  • Forrester Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Durreshahwar Khan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Jack Goldberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vietnam Era Twin Registry, Seattle Veterans Affairs Epidemiologic Research and Information Center and Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington
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  • Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (404) 712-9120; fax: (404) 727-6495

Received 11 May 2009 ,Revised 19 July 2009 ,Accepted 19 July 2009.

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 This study was supported by grants K24HL077506, R01 HL68630, and R01 AG026255 from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland), grant MO1-RR00039 from the Emory University General Clinical Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), and grant 0245115N from the American Heart Association (Dallas, Texas) to Dr. Vaccarino; grant 0730100N from the American Heart Association (Dallas, Texas), grant KL2 RR025009 from the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Emory University Moorehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia), and grant NIH NINR P20NR007798, Center for the Study of Symptoms, Symptom Interactions and Health Outcomes (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia) to Dr. Zhao; and grant 0725513B from the American Heart Association (Dallas, Texas) to Dr. Su.

PII: S0002-9149(09)01498-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.063

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 12 , Pages 1748-1754 , 15 December 2009

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