Prevalence of corneal arcus and associated factors in a German population—Results from the Gutenberg Health Study

• Joanna Wasielica-Poslednik ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Joanna.wasielica-poslednik@unimedizin-mainz.de

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7025-8280

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• Ulrike Hampel,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Lisa Ries,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Ruah Faysal,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Andreas Schulz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Jürgen H. Prochaska,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology–Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Philipp S. Wild,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany

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• Irene Schmidtmann,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Thomas Münzel,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology–Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Manfred E. Beutel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Karl J. Lackner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Norbert Pfeiffer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Alexander K. Schuster

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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