About the Authors
- Laufey Steingrimsdottir
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* E-mail: laufey@hi.is
Affiliation Unit for Nutrition Research, University of Iceland and Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Thorhallur I. Halldorsson
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Affiliation Unit for Nutrition Research, University of Iceland and Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Kristin Siggeirsdottir
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Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland
- Mary Frances Cotch
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Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Berglind O. Einarsdottir
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Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland
- Gudny Eiriksdottir
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Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland
- Sigurdur Sigurdsson
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Affiliation Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland
- Lenore J. Launer
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Affiliation Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute of Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Tamara B. Harris
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Affiliation Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute of Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Vilmundur Gudnason
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Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Gunnar Sigurdsson
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Affiliations Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, 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: LS TIH VG GS. Performed the experiments: BOE GE KS SS MFC. Analyzed the data: LS TIH GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS MFC LJL TBH VG. Wrote the paper: LS TIH GS.