About the Authors
- Caroline Brandl
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Affiliations Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Valentin Breinlich
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Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Klaus J. Stark
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Affiliation Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Sabrina Enzinger
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Affiliation Statistical Consulting Unit StaBLab, Department of Statistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Matthias Aßenmacher
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Affiliation Statistical Consulting Unit StaBLab, Department of Statistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Matthias Olden
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Affiliation Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Felix Grassmann
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Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Jochen Graw
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Affiliation Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz-Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Margit Heier
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Affiliation Institute for Epidemiology II, Helmholtz-Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Annette Peters
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Affiliation Institute for Epidemiology II, Helmholtz-Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Horst Helbig
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Helmut Küchenhoff
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Affiliation Statistical Consulting Unit StaBLab, Department of Statistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Bernhard H. F. Weber
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¶‡ These authors supervised this work jointly.
Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Iris M. Heid
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* E-mail: iris.heid@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
¶‡ These authors supervised this work jointly.
Affiliations Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
Competing Interests
Author H.H. has received lecture honorarium, travel support and is a member of the advisory board of the companies Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany), Allergan (Dublin, Ireland), and Novartis Pharma GmbH (Nürnberg, Germany). All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: CB BHFW IMH. Data curation: KJS. Formal analysis: VB KJS SE MA FG HK IMH. Funding acquisition: AP IMH. Investigation: CB VB MH JG. Methodology: CB AP HK IMH. Project administration: AP HK BHFW IMH. Resources: MH AP KJS MO IMH. Software: MO. Supervision: AP HH HK BHFW IMH. Visualization: CB VB SE MA IMH. Writing – original draft: CB KJS HH HK BHFW IMH. Writing – review & editing: CB KJS HH HK BHFW IMH.