A Variant in LDLR is Associated with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Running title: Bradley et al.; LDLR and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Declan T. Bradley, MB ChB, MA, PhD*; Anne E. Hughes, PhD*; Stephen A. Badger, MCh, MD; Gregory T. Jones, PhD; Seamus C. Harrison, MD; Benjamin J. Wright, PhD; Suzannah Bumpstead, BSc; Annette F. Baas, PhD; Solveig Gretarsdottir, PhD; Kevin Burnand, MBBS, MS; Anne H. Child, MD; Rachel E. Clough, PhD; Gillian Cockerill, PhD; Hany Hafez, MB BCh, PhD; D. Julian A. Scott, MD; Robert A.S. Ariëns, PhD; Anne Johnson, RGN; Soroush Sohrabi, MD, PhD; Alberto Smith, PhD; Matthew M. Thompson, MD; Frank M. van Bockxmeer, PhD; Matthew Waltham, MA, PhD; Stefan E. Matthiasson, MD, PhD; Gudmar Thorleifsson, PhD; Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, PhD; Jan D. Blankensteijn, MD; Joep A.W. Teijink, MD, PhD; Cisca Wijmenga, PhD; Jacqueline de Graaf, MD, PhD; Lambertus A. Kiemeney, PhD; John B. Wild, MB ChB; Sarah Edkins, PhD; Rhian Gwilliam, PhD; Sarah E. Hunt, PhD; Simon Potter, PhD; Jes S. Lindholt, MD, DMSci, PhD; Jonathan Golledge, MChir; Paul E. Norman, DS; Andre van Rij, MD; Janet T. Powell, MD, PhD; Per Eriksson, PhD; Kari Stefansson, MD, PhD; John R. Thompson, PhD; Steve E. Humphries, PhD; Robert D. Sayers, MD; Panos Deloukas, PhD; Nilesh J. Samani, MD; Matthew J. Bown, MD *contributed equally