About the Authors

Jussi A. Hernesniemi

Contributed equally to this work with: Jussi A. Hernesniemi, Ilkka Seppälä

jussi.hernesniemi@uta.fi

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Ilkka Seppälä

Contributed equally to this work with: Jussi A. Hernesniemi, Ilkka Seppälä

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Nina Mononen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Niku Oksala

Affiliations Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, Department of Surgery, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Nina Hutri-Kähönen

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Markus Juonala

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Leena Taittonen

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland and Department of Pediatrics, Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland

Erin N. Smith

Affiliation The Scripps Translational Science Institute and Scripps Health, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Nicholas J. Schork

Affiliations The Scripps Translational Science Institute and Scripps Health, La Jolla, California, United States of America, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Wei Chen

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Sathanur R. Srinivasan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Gerald S. Berenson

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Sarah S. Murray

Affiliations The Scripps Translational Science Institute and Scripps Health, La Jolla, California, United States of America, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Tomi Laitinen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Antti Jula

Affiliation Department of Health and Functional Capacity, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland

Johannes Kettunen

Affiliation FIMM, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Helsinki, Finland

Samuli Ripatti

Affiliation FIMM, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Helsinki, Finland

Reijo Laaksonen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Jorma Viikari

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Mika Kähönen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Olli T. Raitakari

Affiliations Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Terho Lehtimäki

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Tampere, Medical School, and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAH MK OTR MJ T. Lehtimäki GSB RL JK JV. Performed the experiments: T. Laitinen AJ SR LT ENS NJS WC NO SSM NHK SRS JV. Analyzed the data: JAH IS T. Lehtimäki NM OTR T. Laitinen. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAH MK OTR MJ T. Lehtimäki GSB RL JK NHK SRS JV. Wrote the paper: JAH T. Lehtimäki OTR LPL.