About the Authors

Martin Söderholm

martin.soderholm@med.lu.se

Affiliation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Yan Borné

Affiliation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Bo Hedblad

Affiliation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Margaretha Persson

Affiliation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Gunnar Engström

Affiliation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS YB BH MP GE. Analyzed the data: MS GE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS YB BH MP GE. Wrote the paper: MS YB GE. Revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: BH MP.