1. Department of Neurology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2. Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
3. SISA Centre for the Study of Atherosclerosis, Bassini Hospital, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
4. Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA
5. Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
6. IRCSS Multimedica, Milan, Italy
7. Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
8. Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA
9. Atherosclerosis Department, Cardiology Research Centre, Moscow, Russia
10. Department of Neurology, Benedictus Hospital Tutzing & Feldafing, Feldafing, Germany
11. Department of Neurology, Technische Universität München, Germany
12. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK
13. Ultrasound Vascular Laboratory, Cardiology Research Centre2, Moscow, Russia
14. Paris Cardiovascular Research Centre (PARCC), University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
15. Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
16. Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
17. Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, Institution for Medicin, Department for Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Sweden
18. Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
19. Department of Neurology, Greifswald University Clinic, Germany
20. Department of Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden
21. Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
22. Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
23. Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
24. Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
25. Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
26. Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
27. Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
28. Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway
29. Parcelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
30. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Gemeinnützige Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebsgesellschaft GmbH Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Salzburg, Austria
31. Radiology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
32. Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, China
33. Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Broca, Paris, France
34. Center for Cardiovascular Health, Department of Epidemiology, Biochemistry, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, USA
35. Institute for Community Medicine, SHIP/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Greifswald, Germany
36. Department of General Practice, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
37. EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
38. Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
39. University Paris Sud Xi, Kremlin-Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
40. Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
41. Department B for Internal Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany
42. German Centrefor Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Greifswald, Germany
43. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
44. Department of Neurology, Klinikum Herford, Germany
45. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Germany
46. Instituto de Investigación IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
47. Department of Medicine, Pediatrics, Biochemistry, Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, USA
48. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands