About the Authors

Mette Nygaard Andersen

mette.nygaard.andersen@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

Anne-Marie Schjerning Olsen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

Jesper Clausager Madsen

Affiliation Elective Laboratory of the Capital Region, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jens Faber

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Christian Torp-Pedersen

Affiliation Department of Health Science and Technology, University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark

Gunnar Hilmar Gislason

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Danish Heart Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark, The National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Christian Selmer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Amager University Hospital, Amager, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNA AMSO JF CTP GHG CS. Performed the experiments: JCM. Analyzed the data: MNA AMSO JF CTP GHG CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNA AMSO JCM JF CTP GHG CS. Wrote the paper: MNA AMSO CS.