About the Authors

Claudia Lamina

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Margot Haun

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Stefan Coassin

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Anita Kloss-Brandstätter

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Christian Gieger

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

Annette Peters

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

Harald Grallert

Affiliation Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Konstantin Strauch

Affiliations Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Genetic Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

Thomas Meitinger

Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, TechnischeUniversitätMünchen, Munich, Germany, Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Lyudmyla Kedenko

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Private Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Bernhard Paulweber

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Private Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Florian Kronenberg

Florian.Kronenberg@i-med.ac.at

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Competing Interests

FK and AKB are PLOS ONE Academic Editors. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL MH SC AKB FK. Performed the experiments: CL MH SC AKB CG AP HG KS TM LK BP FK. Analyzed the data: CL MH SC AKB FK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL MH SC AKB CG AP HG KS TM LK BP FK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CL MH SC AKB LK FK. Recruitment of cohorts: CL CG AP HG TM LK BP FK.