Ernst, Mareike
Reiner, Iris
Fieß, Achim
Tibubos, Ana N.
Schulz, Andreas
Burghardt, Juliane
Klein, Eva M.
Brähler, Elmar
Wild, Philipp S.
Münzel, Thomas
König, Jochem
Lackner, Karl J.
Pfeiffer, Norbert
Michal, Matthias
Wiltink, Jörg
Beutel, Manfred E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Government of Rhineland-Palatinate (AZ 961-386261/733)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF 01EO1503)
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
PHILIPS Medical Systems
Boehringer Ingelheim
Article History
Received: 27 January 2020
Accepted: 20 July 2020
First Online: 31 July 2020
Competing interests
: This work is part of the Gutenberg Health Study which is funded through the government of Rhineland-Palatinate (“Stiftung Rheinland Pfalz für Innovation”, contract number AZ 961-386261/733), the research programs “Wissen schafft Zukunft” and “Schwerpunkt Vaskuläre Prävention” of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and its contract with Boehringer Ingelheim and PHILIPS Medical Systems including an unrestricted grant for the Gutenberg Health Study. PSW is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF 01EO1503). PSW and TM are PIs of the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK). Funders were involved in the development of the study design as scientific consultants. However, they played no role in data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors declare no competing interests.