About the Authors

Christa Meisinger

Affiliations Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology II, Neuherberg, Germany, MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

Angela Döring

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology I, Neuherberg, Germany

Doris Stöckl

doris.stoeckl@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliations Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology II, Neuherberg, Germany, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Barbara Thorand

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology II, Neuherberg, Germany

Bernd Kowall

Affiliation Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Wolfgang Rathmann

Affiliation Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM. Performed the experiments: CM. Analyzed the data: CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM AD BT WR. Wrote the paper: CM. Interpreted data: CM AD DS BT BK WR. Edited the manuscript: AD DS BT BK WR. Read and approved the final draft of the manuscript: CM AD DS BT BK WR.