1. Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;
2. Department of Cardiology, Shanghai General hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;
3. Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan;
4. Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;
5. Centro de Nefrología and Departamento de Fisiopatología, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay;
6. The Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, and Center for Health, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark;
7. Department of Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;
8. The First Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland;
9. Research Institute of Internal and Preventive Medicine - Branch of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia;
10. Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy;
11. Center for Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials and Center for Vascular Evaluations, Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;
12. Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;
13. Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (J.A.S)