About the Authors

Małgorzata Wierzowiecka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

malgorzata.wierzowiecka@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Hypertension, Angiology and Internal disease, University of Medical Science, Poznan, Poland

Justyna Marcinkowska

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Poznan University of Medical Science, Poznan, Poland

Andrzej Pająk

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chair of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Magdalena Kozela

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chair of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Jerzy Piwoński

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Wojciech Drygas

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland, Calisia University, Kalisz, Poland

Magdalena Kwaśniewska

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland

Tomasz Zdrojewski

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Arterial Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

Krystyna Kozakiewicz

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Andrzej Tykarski

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hypertension, Angiology and Internal disease, University of Medical Science, Poznan, Poland

Arkadiusz Niklas

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Hypertension, Angiology and Internal disease, University of Medical Science, Poznan, Poland

on behalf of WOBASZ II investigators

Affiliation Department of Hypertension, Angiology and Internal disease, University of Medical Science, Poznan, Poland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Andrzej Pająk received honoraria for consultations from Amgen. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.