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Novel proteins associated with risk for coronary heart disease or stroke among postmenopausal women identified by in-depth plasma proteome profiling

Ross L Prentice1*, Sophie Paczesny2, Aaron Aragaki1, Lynn M Amon1, Lin Chen1, Sharon J Pitteri1, Martin McIntosh1, Pei Wang1, Tina Buson Busald1, Judith Hsia3, Rebecca D Jackson4, Jacques E Rossouw5, JoAnn E Manson6, Karen Johnson7, Charles Eaton8 and Samir M Hanash1

Author Affiliations

1 Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N., Seattle, WA 98102, USA

2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

3 Research and Development, AstraZeneca LP, 1971 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA

4 Division of Endocrinology, Ohio State University, 198 McCampbell, 1581 Dodd Drive, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

5 WHI Project Office, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

6 Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA

7 Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, 66 N. Pauline, Memphis, TN 38163, USA

8 Brown University, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA

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Genome Medicine 2010, 2:48 doi:10.1186/gm169

Published: 28 July 2010

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Supplementary methods. Detailed methods for sample preparation, protein fractionation, and mass spectrometry analysis are described.

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Table S1. Baseline characteristics for women developing coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke and for corresponding disease-free controls, drawn from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.

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Table S2. CHD case versus control log-transformed concentration ratios for all quantified proteins.

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Table S3. Stroke case versus control log(base2)-transformed concentration ratios for all quantified proteins.

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