About the Authors
- Nicolas Verheyen
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* E-mail: nicolas.verheyen@medunigraz.at
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Astrid Fahrleitner-Pammer
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Evgeny Belyavskiy
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Kardiologie, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Martin R. Gruebler
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Hans Peter Dimai
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Karin Amrein
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Klemens Ablasser
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Johann Martensen
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Cristiana Catena
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Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Internal Medicine, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
- Elisabeth Pieske-Kraigher
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Kardiologie, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Caterina Colantonio
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Jakob Voelkl
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Florian Lang
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Ioana Alesutan
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Andreas Meinitzer
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Affiliation Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Winfried März
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Affiliations Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Synlab Academy, Synlab Services LLC, Mannheim, Germany, Medical Clinic V (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruperto Carola University Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Helmut Brussee
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Burkert Pieske
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Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Kardiologie, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Stefan Pilz
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO+ Institute, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Andreas Tomaschitz
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Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Medical Clinic V (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruperto Carola University Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany, Specialist Clinic for Rehabilitation Bad Gleichenberg, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria
Competing Interests
One of the coauthors (W.M.) is employed with a company (Synlab Holding Deutschland, Augsburg, Germany). This commercial affiliation of W.M. does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: NV AFP SP AT. Data curation: NV AT. Formal analysis: NV AM JM AT. Funding acquisition: NV AT SP. Investigation: NV EB MRG HPD K Amrein K Ablasser JM EPK C Colantonio AM SP AT. Methodology: NV AFP SP AT. Project administration: NV SP AT. Resources: AM HB BP SP AT. Software: NV JM SP AT. Supervision: NV AFP SP AT. Validation: NV AT. Visualization: NV. Writing – original draft: NV AFP AT. Writing – review & editing: MRG HPD K Amrein K Ablasser C Catena JV FL IA WM SP AT.