The Ophthalmic Branch of the Gutenberg Health Study: Study Design, Cohort Profile and Self-Reported Diseases

• René Höhn ,

  * E-mail: rhoehn@gmx.de

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Klinik Pallas, Olten, Switzerland

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• Ulrike Kottler,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Tunde Peto,

  Affiliation NIHR Biomedical Research Center at Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

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• Maria Blettner,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Thomas Münzel,

  Affiliation Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine / Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Stefan Blankenberg,

  Affiliation Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Karl J. Lackner,

  Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Manfred Beutel,

  Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Philipp S. Wild ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Philipp S. Wild, Norbert Pfeiffer

  Affiliations Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine / Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany, German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany

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• Norbert Pfeiffer

  Contributed equally to this work with: Philipp S. Wild, Norbert Pfeiffer

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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