About the Authors
- Christian Herder
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Jens Baumert
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Astrid Zierer
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Michael Roden
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Metabolic Diseases, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Christa Meisinger
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Mahir Karakas
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
- Lloyd Chambless
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Wolfgang Rathmann
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Affiliation Institute of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Annette Peters
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Wolfgang Koenig
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* E-mail: wolfgang.koenig@uniklinik-ulm.de
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
- Barbara Thorand
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CH WK BT. Performed the experiments: CH MR CM MK AP WK BT. Analyzed the data: CH JB AZ LC WR BT. Wrote the paper: CH. Commented on the manuscript with important intellectual contributions: JB AZ MR CM MK LC WR AP WK BT.