About the Authors

Anton P. van de Woestijne

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Yolanda van der Graaf

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Paul I. W. de Bakker

Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Folkert W. Asselbergs

Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, Division Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research, ICIN-Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Wilko Spiering

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Frank L. J. Visseren

F.L.J.Visseren@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

for the SMART Study Group

Membership of the SMART Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APvdW YvdG PIWdB FWA WS FLJV. Analyzed the data: APvdW. Wrote the paper: APvdW YvdG PIWdB FWA WS FLJV.