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Joint analysis of individual participants’ data from 17 studies on the association of the IL6 variant -174G>C with circulating glucose levels, interleukin-6 levels, and body mass index

Cornelia Huth Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Munich, Germany
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Thomas Illig Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Christian Herder German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Institute at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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Christian Gieger Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Munich, Germany
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Harald Grallert Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Caren Vollmert Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany; Sequenom GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
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Wolfgang Rathmann German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Institute at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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Yasmin H. Hamid Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Oluf Pedersen Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Torben Hansen Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Barbara Thorand Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Christa Meisinger Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Angela Döring Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Norman Klopp Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Henning Gohlke Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Wolfgang Lieb Clinic and Policlinic for Internal Medicine II and Institute of Human Genetics, University of Lübeck, Germany
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Christian Hengstenberg Clinic and Policlinic for Internal Medicine II, University of Regensburg, Germany
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Valeriya Lyssenko Department of Clinical Sciences, University Hospital Malmö, Sweden
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Leif Groop Department of Clinical Sciences, University Hospital Malmö, Sweden
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Helen Ireland Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
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Jeffrey W. Stephens Medical School, University of Wales, Swansea, UK
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Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenborg University, Sweden
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John-Olov Jansson Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenborg University, Sweden
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Heiner Boeing Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany
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Matthias Möhlig Department of Clinical Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany
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Heather M. Stringham Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, , USA
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Michael Boehnke Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, , USA
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Jaakko Tuomilehto Diabetes Unit, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland; South Ostrobothnia Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland
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Jose-Manuel Fernandez-Real Section of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University Hospital of Girona Dr Josep Trueta and ‘CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición’, Girona, Spain
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Abel Lopez-Bermejo Section of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University Hospital of Girona Dr Josep Trueta and ‘CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición’, Girona, Spain
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Luis Gallart Research Unit, University Hospital Joan XXIII, Pere Virgili Institute and CIBERDEM, Tarragona, Spain
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Joan Vendrell Research Unit, University Hospital Joan XXIII, Pere Virgili Institute and CIBERDEM, Tarragona, Spain
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Steve E. Humphries Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
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Florian Kronenberg Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
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H.-Erich Wichmann Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Munich, Germany
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Iris M. Heid Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Munich, Germany
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Pages 128-138 | Received 19 Feb 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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