Intermediate Monocytes and High Levels of Chemokine CCL3 Are Associated With Increased Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in the General Population

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (K.A.S.).
• ² Department of Cardiology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden (J.G.S.).
• ³ The Wallenberg Laboratory/Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg University and the Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (J.G.S.).
• ⁴ Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (J.G.S., A.E.).
• ⁵ Lund University Diabetes Center, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (J.G.S., I.G., A.E., O.M., J.N., H.B., E.B.).
• ⁶ Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Sweden (I.G., A.E., D.E., L.S.J., O.M., G.E., J.N., H.B., E.B.).
• ⁷ Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Sweden (I.G., A.E.).
• ⁸ Department of Internal Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Sweden (O.M.).
• ⁹ Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden (E.B.).
• ¹⁰ Biofilms - Research Center for Biointerfaces, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden (E.B.).