About the Authors

Wilmar Igl

wilmar.igl@genpat.uu.se

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

Åsa Johansson

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

James F. Wilson

Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences and Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sarah H. Wild

Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences and Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ozren Polašek

Affiliation Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Caroline Hayward

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Veronique Vitart

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Nicholas Hastie

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Pavao Rudan

Affiliation Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia

Carsten Gnewuch

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany

Gerd Schmitz

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany

Thomas Meitinger

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, GmbH, Neuherberg, Munich, Germany

Peter P. Pramstaller

Affiliations Institute of Genetic Medicine, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC), Bolzano, Italy, Institute of Genetic Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, Department of Neurology, General Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy, Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Andrew A. Hicks

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC), Bolzano, Italy

Ben A. Oostra

Affiliation Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Cornelia M. van Duijn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Igor Rudan

Affiliations Centre for Population Health Sciences and Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Croatian Centre for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia

Alan Wright

Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences and Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Harry Campbell

Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences and Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ulf Gyllensten

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

EUROSPAN Consortium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFW NH PR TM PPP AAH BAO CMvD IR AW HC UG. Performed the experiments: ÅJ SHW OP CH VV CG. Analyzed the data: WI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS. Wrote the paper: WI UG.