About the Authors

Jörg Wiltink

joerg.wiltink@unimedizin-mainz.de

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Matthias Michal

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Philipp S. Wild

Affiliations Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site RhineMain, Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Astrid Schneider

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Jochem König

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Maria Blettner

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Thomas Münzel

Affiliation Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Andreas Schulz

Affiliation Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Matthias Weber

Affiliation Department of Medicine 1, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Christian Fottner

Affiliation Department of Medicine 1, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Norbert Pfeiffer

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Karl Lackner

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany,

Manfred E. Beutel

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

All authors declare that they have no competing interest relevant to the subject matter of the manuscript that have occurred over the last two years, or that are expected in the foreseeable future.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW MM MB. Analyzed the data: A. Schneider JK JW MM MEB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JW MM MEB PSW A. Schneider JK MB TM A. Schulz MW CF NP KL.