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Protocol S1. Methodological Appendix
The authors wish to thank the directors of the Anticoagulation Clinics of Amersfoort (M. H. H. Kramer), Amsterdam (M. Remkes), Leiden (F. J. M. van der Meer), The Hague (E. van Meegen), Rotterdam (A. A. H. Kasbergen), and Utrecht (J. de Vries-Goldschmeding), who made the recruitment of patients possible. The interviewers B. Berbee, J. C. M. van den Berg, S. van der Leden, M. Roosen, and E. C. Willems of Brilman also performed the blood draws. I. de Jonge, R. Roelofsen, J. J. Schreijer, M. Streevelaar, and L. M. J. Timmers are thanked for their secretarial support, administrative support, and data management. The fellows L. W. Tick, A. van Hylckama Vlieg, and J. W. Blom were involved in every step of the data collection. The laboratory measurements were performed by R. van Eck, J. van der Meijden, P. J. Noordijk, and T. Visser. H. L. Vos supervised the technical aspects of DNA analysis. J. P. Vandenbroucke is thanked for his valuable thoughts on the design of the study. We express our gratitude to all individuals who participated in the MEGA study.
Funding informationThis research was supported by the Netherlands Heart Foundation (NHS 98.113) and the Dutch Cancer Foundation (RUL 99/1992). SCC is employed on the WRIGHT Project, which is being carried out under the auspices of the World Health Organization and funded jointly by the United Kingdom government and the European Commission. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; DVT = deep-vein thrombosis; OR = odds ratio; PE = pulmonary embolism; SI = synergy index
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