About the Authors
- Bjorn T. Adalsteinsson
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Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Haukur Gudnason
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Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland
- Thor Aspelund
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Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Tamara B. Harris
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Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Lenore J. Launer
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Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Gudny Eiriksdottir
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Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland
- Albert V. Smith
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Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Vilmundur Gudnason
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* E-mail: v.gudnason@hjarta.is
Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BTA HG TA TBH LJL GE AVS VG. Performed the experiments: BTA HG. Analyzed the data: BTA. Wrote the paper: BTA. Interpreted the data: BTA AVS VG. Revised and approved the final manuscript: BTA HG TA TBH LJL GE AVS VG.