1. Institute of Cardio-Metabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), Department of Cardiology; Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris VI and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital; Paris France
2. Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research; E.S. Health Science Foundation; Cotignola Italy
3. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy; University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College; London UK
4. Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Homburg/Saar; Germany
5. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Howard Gilman Institute for Heart Valve Diseases and the Schiavone Institute for Cardiovascular Translational Research; SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn and New York; NY USA
6. Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier; Suresnes France
7. Robertson Centre for Biostatistics; University of Glasgow; UK