About the Authors
- Børge G. Nordestgaard
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Contributed equally to this work with: Børge G. Nordestgaard, Tom M. Palmer
* E-mail: Boerge.Nordestgaard@regionh.dk (BGN); n.j.timpson@bris.ac.uk (NJT)
Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Tom M. Palmer
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Contributed equally to this work with: Børge G. Nordestgaard, Tom M. Palmer
Affiliations MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Marianne Benn
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Jeppe Zacho
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Anne Tybjærg-Hansen
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Affiliations The Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- George Davey Smith
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Affiliations MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Nicholas J. Timpson
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* E-mail: Boerge.Nordestgaard@regionh.dk (BGN); n.j.timpson@bris.ac.uk (NJT)
Affiliations MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
George Davey Smith is on the PLoS Medicine Editorial Board. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BGN NJT GDS. Analyzed the data: NJT TMP MB. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: NJT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NJT TMP BGN GDS JZ ATH MB. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: NJT TMP BGN GDS JZ ATH MB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: NJT TMP BGN GDS JZ ATH MB. Enrolled patients: BGN JZ ATH.