About the Authors
- Yoosoo Chang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yoosoo Chang, Seungho Ryu
Affiliations Department of Occupational Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Health Screening Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Seungho Ryu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yoosoo Chang, Seungho Ryu
Affiliations Department of Occupational Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Health Screening Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Yiyi Zhang
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Hee Jung Son
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Jang-Young Kim
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Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea, Institute of Genomic Cohort, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea
- Juhee Cho
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
- Eliseo Guallar
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* E-mail: eguallar@jhsph.edu
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Area of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Population Genetics, National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Drs. Chang and Ryu are employed by the Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Drs. Son and Cho are employed by the Samsung Medical Center. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YC SR EG. Performed the experiments: YC SR YZ EG. Analyzed the data: YC SR YZ. Wrote the paper: YC SR YZ HJS JYK JC EG.