About the Authors
- Veikko Salomaa
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* E-mail: veikko.salomaa@thl.fi (VS); blankenberg@2-med.klinik.uni-mainz.de (SB)
Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Aki Havulinna
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Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Olli Saarela
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Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Tanja Zeller
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Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
- Pekka Jousilahti
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Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Antti Jula
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Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Thomas Muenzel
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Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
- Arpo Aromaa
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Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Alun Evans
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Affiliation The UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Kari Kuulasmaa
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Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Stefan Blankenberg
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* E-mail: veikko.salomaa@thl.fi (VS); blankenberg@2-med.klinik.uni-mainz.de (SB)
Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
Competing Interests
Dr. Blankenberg has received honoraria from Abbott Diagnostics (<10,000 USD), Roche Diagnostics (<10,000 USD) and has worked as a consultant/advisory board member for Brahms (<10,000 USD). The other authors have nothing to disclose. 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: VS AE KK SB. Performed the experiments: VS PJ AJ AA SB. Analyzed the data: VS ASH OS SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS TZ PJ AJ TM AA SB. Wrote the paper: VS SB. Supervised the laboratory analyses: TZ. Commented on the manuscript with important intellectual contribution: ASH OS TZ AJ TM AA AE KK.