title: Sickle cell trait is not associated with an increased risk of heart failure or abnormalities of cardiac structure and function.
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authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, and.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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authors.affiliation: Division of Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.
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authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
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authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN.
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authors.affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; and.
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authors.affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; and.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.
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mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics