title: Elevated serum chloride is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease: A retrospective study of more than 13,000 Han Chinese.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Cardio-X Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Cardio-X Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Xiaojing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Cardio-X Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Shanshan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Cardio-X Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Mengchen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Cardio-X Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Qianqian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Cardio-X Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Sisi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Cardio-X Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Yufeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
authors.forename: Luosha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Cardio-X Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Cardio-X Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. Electronic address: xtu@mail.hust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002712:Chlorides / Q000097:blood*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides
keywords: Blood pressure; Coronary heart disease; Han Chinese; Serum chloride