About the Authors
- Ivan Curjuric
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute SwissTPH, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Medea Imboden
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute SwissTPH, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Rachel Nadif
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Affiliations INSERM, U1018, CESP Centre for research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology Team, Villejuif, France, Université Paris-Sud 11, UMRS 1018, Villejuif, France
- Ashish Kumar
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute SwissTPH, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Christian Schindler
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute SwissTPH, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Margot Haun
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Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
- Florian Kronenberg
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Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
- Nino Künzli
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute SwissTPH, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Harish Phuleria
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute SwissTPH, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Dirkje S. Postma
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Erich W. Russi
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Thierry Rochat
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
- Florence Demenais
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Affiliations INSERM, U946, Genetic Variation and Human Diseases Unit, Paris, France, Fondation Jean Dausset - Centre d’Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH), Paris, France, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire d’Hématologie, Paris, France
- Nicole M. Probst-Hensch
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* E-mail: Nicole.Probst@unibas.ch
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute SwissTPH, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Competing Interests
I have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: The SAPALDIA study was supported by the UBS Wealth Foundation, Talecris Biotherapeutics GmbH, and Abbott Diagnostics in terms of unrestricted grants for personnel and genotyping. The support of these institutions did not influence the scientific work regarding study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of results, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript in any way. Also, this does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: IC MI NMPH CS. Wrote the paper: IC NMPH MI. Data collection and study design: NMPH MI CS NK TR. Analysis design: IC MI NMPH CS RN. Critical revision and contribution to interpretation: RN AK MH FK NK HP DSP EWR TR FD.