SNP = single nucleotide polymorphism; TIA = transient ischemic attack.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing

Authors' contributions

All authors have made substantial contributions to con- ception and design or acquisition of phenotypic data. JMM, KL, EJB, CG, DK, DPK, JMM, MJP, RBD contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data. JMM, KL, EJB, DK, DPK, SS have been involved in drafting the manu- script or revising it critically for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final manu- script.

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NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study is supported by contract number N01- HC-25195. This work was also supported in part by R01 AR/AG 41398 and AG028321.

We thank the FHS participants for their ongoing participation and dedica- tion to the study making this work possible.

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