About the Authors

Lars Wallentin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

lars.wallentin@ucr.uu.se (LW); Agneta.Siegbahn@medsci.uu.se (AS)

Affiliations Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Niclas Eriksson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Maciej Olszowka

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Tanja B. Grammer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Emil Hagström

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Claes Held

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Marcus E. Kleber

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Clinic V, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Wolfgang Koenig

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany, Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Winfried März

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Clinic V, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, SYNLAB Academy, SYNLAB Holding Deutschland GmbH, Mannheim and Augsburg, Germany

Ralph A. H. Stewart

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Harvey D. White

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Mikael Åberg

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Agneta Siegbahn

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

lars.wallentin@ucr.uu.se (LW); Agneta.Siegbahn@medsci.uu.se (AS)

Affiliations Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: LW reports institutional research grants from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co, Roche Diagnostics; consulting fees from Abbott; holds two patents involving GDF-15, both licensed to Roche Diagnostics. NE and MO report institutional research grants from GlaxoSmithKline. EH reports institutional research grants from AstraZeneca, Amgen, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi; consulting fees from Amgen, NovoNordisk, Sanofi; speaker fees from AstraZeneca, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, NovoNordisk, Sanofi; principal investigator fees paid to institution from CSL Behring, Dalcor, Regeneron, Sanofi, The Medicines Company. WK reports research grants from Roche Diagnostics, Beckmann, Singulex, Abbott; other research support from European Research Agency (ERA-CVD); honoraria from Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, Amgen; expert witness fees from Novartis; consultant/advisory board fees from Novartis, Pfizer, DalCor, Sanofi, Kowa, Amgen. CH reports Honoraria from Pfizer; consultant/advisory board fees from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim. MEK reports consulting/speaker fees from Bayer. WM reports grants and personal fees from Siemens Diagnostics, Abbott Diagnostics, AMGEN, Astrazeneca, Sanofi, BASF, Numares AG, employment from SYNLAB Holding Deutschland GmbH. RAHS reports grants and non-financial support from GlaxoSmithKline. HDW reports research grants from Sanofi-Aventis, Dalcor Pharma, NIH, Eisai, Omthera Pharmaceuticals; other support from SAHMRI, ESC, AHA, Sanofi/Regeneron. AS reports institutional research grants from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer, Roche Diagnostics, GlaxoSmithKline; consulting fees from Olink Proteomics. TBG and MÅ have nothing to declare.