Affiliations

• ¹ Society for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease e.V. (DACH), Schulterblatt 120, 20357, Hamburg, Germany. winfried.maerz@synlab.com.
• ² Synlab Academy, Synlab Holding Germany GmbH, P5, 7, 68167, Mannheim, Germany. winfried.maerz@synlab.com.
• ³ Clinical Institut for Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Auenbrugger Platz, 8036, Graz, Austria. winfried.maerz@synlab.com.
• ⁴ Medical Clinic V (Nephrology, Hypertension, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Diabetology), Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Ludolf Krehl Street 7-11, 68167, Mannheim, Germany. winfried.maerz@synlab.com.
• ⁵ Clinical Institut for Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Auenbrugger Platz, 8036, Graz, Austria.
• ⁶ Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
• ⁷ Department of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
• ⁸ Society for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease e.V. (DACH), Schulterblatt 120, 20357, Hamburg, Germany.
• ⁹ Mannheimer Institute for Public Health, Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Clinic for Cardiology, Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany.
• ¹¹ Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
• ¹² Preventive Medicine, Clinic and Policlinic for General and Invasive Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
• ¹³ Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology, Angiology and Medical Intensive Care), University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.