About the Authors

Rosa Björk Thorolfsdottir

Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Thor Aspelund

Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Simon Capewell

Affiliation Division of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Julia Critchley

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Vilmundur Gudnason

Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Karl Andersen

andersen@landspitali.is

Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC VG KA. Performed the experiments: RBT TA SC JC VG KA. Analyzed the data: RBT TA SC JC VG KA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA SC JC VG KA. Wrote the paper: RBT TA SC JC VG KA.