1. Department of Endocrinology, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
2. Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
3. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy.
4. Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
5. Department of Cardiology, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.