International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 157, Issue 2 , Pages 243-252 , 31 May 2012

Association of interleukin-6 circulating levels with coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis implementing mendelian randomization approach

  • Wenquan Niu

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics and Department of Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Ruijin Second Road 197, Shanghai 200025, China. Tel.: +86 21 64370045x665922.
    • These authors are joint first authors.
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  • Yan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics and Department of Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Ruijin Second Road 197, Shanghai 200025, China. Tel.: +86 21 64370045x665922.
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  • Yue Qi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung & Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics and Department of Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Ruijin Second Road 197, Shanghai 200025, China. Tel.: +86 21 64370045x665922.
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  • Zhijun Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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  • Dingliang Zhu

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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  • Wei Jin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics and Department of Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Ruijin Second Road 197, Shanghai 200025, China. Tel.: +86 21 64370045x665922.

Received 25 May 2011 ,Revised 8 December 2011 ,Accepted 25 December 2011.

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☆ Funding: This work was supported by the Shanghai Rising Star Program (11QA1405500), the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (30900808, 81000109), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81070177).

PII: S0167-5273(11)02279-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.098

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 157, Issue 2 , Pages 243-252 , 31 May 2012

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