About the Authors

Philipp Raum

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Julia Lamparter

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Katharina A. Ponto

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany, Center for thrombosis & haemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Tunde Peto

Affiliation NIHR Biomedical Research Center at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

René Hoehn

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Andreas Schulz

Affiliation Biomedical statistics, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Astrid Schneider

Affiliation Biomedical statistics, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Philipp S. Wild

Affiliations Center for thrombosis & haemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany, Department of Medicine II, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany, German Center for Heart and Circulations System Research (DZHK), University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Norbert Pfeiffer

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Alireza Mirshahi

dr.mirshahi@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany, Dardenne Eye Hospital, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

Boehringer Ingelheim, Philips Medical Systems and Novartis Pharma 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: AM NP PSW KAP. Performed the experiments: PR JL TP RH. Analyzed the data: A. Schneider A. Schulz KAP RH AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TP NP. Wrote the paper: PR JL KAP RH TP A. Schneider A. Schulz PSW NP AM.