About the Authors
- Mahir Karakas
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mahir Karakas, Jens Baumert
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany
- Jens Baumert
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mahir Karakas, Jens Baumert
Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Marcus E. Kleber
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany, Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Barbara Thorand
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Dhayana Dallmeier
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany
- Günther Silbernagel
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology, Vascular Disease, and Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Tanja B. Grammer
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Affiliation Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Wolfgang Rottbauer
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany
- Christa Meisinger
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Thomas Illig
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Affiliations Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Hannover Unified Biobank, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Winfried März
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Affiliations Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany, Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Synlab Academy, Synlab Services GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
- Wolfgang Koenig
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* E-mail: wolfgang.koenig@uniklinik-ulm.de
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II – Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Centre, Ulm, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Authors Marz, Grammer, and Kleber are affiliated to Synlab Services GmbH and are involved in the educational training of the Synlab staff. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WM WK MK BT. Performed the experiments: CM TI DD GS TBG WR. Analyzed the data: JB MEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM TI DD GS TBG WR. Wrote the paper: BT MK JB WK.