1. Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry Ulm University Helmholtzstr. 22 Ulm D‐89081 Germany
2. Department of Epidemiology and Prevention IRCCS Neuromed Pozzilli Italy
3. Research Center in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (EPIMED). Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Insubria Varese Italy
4. Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Cardiovascular Research University of Dundee Dundee UK
5. Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine Dundee University Dundee UK
6. Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Umeå University Umeå Sweden
7. Department of Medical Biosciences, Clinical Chemistry Umeå University Umeå Sweden
8. Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Helsinki Finland
9. Department of Cardiology University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg Hamburg Germany
10. German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK e.V.), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck Hamburg Germany
11. Deutsches Herzzentrum München Technische Universität München Munich Germany
12. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance Munich Germany