About the Authors
- Esther M. Hoffmann
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* E-mail: ehoffman@uni-mainz.de
Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Mainz, Germany
- Julia Lamparter
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Mainz, Germany
- Alireza Mirshahi
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Mainz, Germany
- Heike Elflein
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Mainz, Germany
- René Hoehn
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Mainz, Germany
- Christian Wolfram
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Mainz, Germany
- Katrin Lorenz
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Mainz, Germany
- Max Adler
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Mainz, Germany
- Philipp S. Wild
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Internal Medicine II, Mainz, Germany
- Andreas Schulz
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Gutenberg Health Study, Study coordination/statistics, Department of Internal Medicine II, Mainz, Germany
- Barbara Mathes
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Gutenberg Health Study, Study coordination/statistics, Department of Internal Medicine II, Mainz, Germany
- Maria Blettner
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Mainz, Germany
- Norbert Pfeiffer
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Affiliation University Medical Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Mainz, Germany
Competing Interests
Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany and PHILIPS Medical Systems provided an unrestricted grant for the Gutenberg Health Study. No employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: EMH JL HE MA AM KL NP. Performed the experiments: MA RH CW. Analyzed the data: EMH JL BM AS MB PSW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMH JL MA BM AS MB. Wrote the paper: EMH JL. Critical revision of manuscript: AM RH, HE, AS NP PSW.