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CharlesCWhite67,FredrikWiklund25,ChristinaBarlassina68,DanielIChasman69,70,
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NicholasGMartin161,WendyLMcArdle162,AnneMcCarthy163,BarbaraMcKnight75,
ThomasMeitinger164,165,OlleMelander166,DavidMeyre27,28,KristianMidthjell148,Grant
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MarkusPerola60,61,IrenePichler105,KirsiHPietiläinen175,176,CarlGPPlatou148,177,Ozren
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TamaraBHarris151,AndrewTHattersley7,RichardBHayes219,JoachimHeinrich15,Frank
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AndréUitterlinden20–22,TimoTValle143,MartinWabitsch108,GérardWaeber233,Nicholas
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AlanFWright119,MCarolaZillikens21,22,NilanjanChatterjee4,StevenAMcCarroll17–19,
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1MetabolismInitiativeandPrograminMedicalandPopulationGenetics,BroadInstitute,
Cambridge,Massachusetts,USA.2DivisionofGastroenterology,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,
Boston,Massachusetts,USA.3DepartmentofBiostatistics,CenterforStatisticalGenetics,
UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,Michigan,USA.4DivisionofCancerEpidemiologyand
Genetics,NationalCancerInstitute,NationalInstitutesofHealth,DepartmentofHealthand
HumanServices,Bethesda,Maryland,USA.5DepartmentofEpidemiology,SchoolofPublic
Health,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,ChapelHill,NorthCarolina,USA.6deCODE
Genetics,Reykjavik,Iceland.7GeneticsofComplexTraits,PeninsulaCollegeofMedicineand
Dentistry,UniversityofExeter,Exeter,UK.8WellcomeTrustCentreforHumanGenetics,
UniversityofOxford,Oxford,UK.9OxfordCentreforDiabetes,EndocrinologyandMetabolism,
UniversityofOxford,Oxford,UK.10MedicalResearchCouncil(MRC)EpidemiologyUnit,Institute
ofMetabolicScience,Addenbrooke’sHospital,Cambridge,UK.11DivisionsofGeneticsand
EndocrinologyandPrograminGenomics,Children’sHospital,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.
12RegensburgUniversityMedicalCenter,DepartmentofEpidemiologyandPreventiveMedicine,
Regensburg,Germany.13DepartmentofNutrition,HarvardSchoolofPublicHealth,Boston,
Massachusetts,USA.14ChanningLaboratory,DepartmentofMedicine,BrighamandWomen’s
HospitalandHarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.15InstituteofEpidemiology,
HelmholtzZentrumMünchen-GermanResearchCenterforEnvironmentalHealth,Neuherberg,
Germany.16WellcomeTrustSangerInstitute,Hinxton,Cambridge,UK.17CenterforHuman
GeneticResearch,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.18Programin
MedicalandPopulationGenetics,BroadInstituteofHarvardandMassachusettsInstituteof
Technology,Cambridge,Massachusetts,USA.19DepartmentofMolecularBiology,Massachusetts
GeneralHospital,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.20DepartmentofEpidemiology,ErasmusMedical
Center(MC),Rotterdam,TheNetherlands.21DepartmentofInternalMedicine,ErasmusMC,
Rotterdam,TheNetherlands.22NetherlandsGenomicsInitiative(NGI)-sponsoredNetherlands
ConsortiumforHealthyAging(NCHA),Rotterdam,TheNetherlands.23Departmentof
Epidemiology,HarvardSchoolofPublicHealth,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.24Departmentof
Biostatistics,HarvardSchoolofPublicHealth,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.25Departmentof
MedicalEpidemiologyandBiostatistics,KarolinskaInstitutet,Stockholm,Sweden.26Queensland
StatisticalGeneticsLaboratory,QueenslandInstituteofMedicalResearch,Queensland,Australia.
27CentreNationaldelaRechercheScientifique(CNRS)UMR8199-IBL-InstitutPasteurdeLille,
Lille,France.28UniversityLilleNorddeFrance,Lille,France.29EstonianGenomeCenter,
UniversityofTartu,Tartu,Estonia.30EstonianBiocenter,Tartu,Estonia.31InstituteofMolecular
andCellBiology,UniversityofTartu,Tartu,Estonia.32DepartmentofGenetics,Washington
UniversitySchoolofMedicine,St.Louis,Missouri,USA.33DepartmentofMedicalGenetics,
UniversityofLausanne,Lausanne,Switzerland.34SwissInstituteofBioinformatics,Lausanne,
Switzerland.35DepartmentofTwinResearchandGeneticEpidemiology,King’sCollegeLondon,
London,UK.36DivisionofRheumatology,ImmunologyandAllergy,BrighamandWomen’s
Hospital,HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.37InstituteforMedical
Informatics,BiometryandEpidemiology,UniversityofDuisburg-Essen,Essen,Germany.
38IcelandicHeartAssociation,Kopavogur,Iceland.39UniversityofIceland,Reykjavik,Iceland.
40ComprehensiveCancerCenterEast,Nijmegen,TheNetherlands.41HudsonAlphaInstitutefor
Biotechnology,Huntsville,Alabama,USA.42DepartmentofPharmacyandPharmacology,
UniversityofBath,Bath,UK.43DepartmentofEpidemiology,GermanInstituteofHuman
NutritionPotsdam-Rehbruecke,Nuthetal,Germany.44DepartmentofMedicine,Universityof
Washington,Seattle,Washington,USA.45CardiovascularHealthResearchUnit,Universityof
Washington,Seattle,Washington,USA.46UniversityofMelbourne,Parkville,Australia.
47DepartmentofPrimaryIndustries,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia.48DepartmentofNeurology,
BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.49TechnicalUniversity
Munich,ChairofBiomathematics,Garching,Germany.50DepartmentofBiologicalPsychology,
VrijeUniversiteit(VU)UniversityAmsterdam,Amsterdam,TheNetherlands.51Departmentof
GeneticsandPathology,RudbeckLaboratory,UniversityofUppsala,Uppsala,Sweden.
52DepartmentofCancerResearchandMolecularMedicine,FacultyofMedicine,Norwegian
UniversityofScienceandTechnology(NTNU),Trondheim,Norway.53ClinicalPharmacology,
WilliamHarveyResearchInstitute,BartsandTheLondonSchoolofMedicineandDentistry,
QueenMary,UniversityofLondon,London,UK.54ClinicalPharmacologyandBartsandThe
LondonGenomeCentre,WilliamHarveyResearchInstitute,BartsandTheLondonSchoolof
MedicineandDentistry,QueenMaryUniversityofLondon,CharterhouseSquare,London,UK.
55DivisionofGeneticEpidemiology,DepartmentofMedicalGenetics,MolecularandClinical
Pharmacology,InnsbruckMedicalUniversity,Innsbruck,Austria.56NationalHeartandLung
Institute,ImperialCollegeLondon,London,UK.57DepartmentofNeurology,BostonUniversity
SchoolofMedicine,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.58NationalHumanGenomeResearchInstitute,
NationalInstitutesofHealth,Bethesda,Maryland,USA.59InstitutfürMedizinischeBiometrieund
Statistik,UniversitätzuLübeck,UniversitätsklinikumSchleswig-Holstein,CampusLübeck,
Lübeck,Germany.60InstituteforMolecularMedicineFinland(FIMM),UniversityofHelsinki,
Helsinki,Finland.61NationalInstituteforHealthandWelfare,DepartmentofChronicDisease
Prevention,UnitofPublicHealthGenomics,Helsinki,Finland.62HagedornResearchInstitute,
Gentofte,Denmark.63MRCCentreforCausalAnalysesinTranslationalEpidemiology,Department
ofSocialMedicine,OakfieldHouse,Bristol,UK.64DepartmentofOncology,Universityof
Cambridge,Cambridge,UK.65DepartmentofPreventiveMedicine,KeckSchoolofMedicine,
UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,LosAngeles,California,USA.66DepartmentofPhysiologyand
Biophysics,KeckSchoolofMedicine,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,LosAngeles,California,
USA.67DepartmentofBiostatistics,BostonUniversitySchoolofPublicHealth,Boston,
Massachusetts,USA.68UniversityofMilan,DepartmentofMedicine,SurgeryandDentistry,
Milano,Italy.69DivisionofPreventiveMedicine,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,Boston,
Massachusetts,USA.70HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.71CentreforGenetic
EpidemiologyandBiostatistics,UniversityofWesternAustralia,Crawley,WesternAustralia,
Australia.72DepartmentofPhysiology,InstituteofNeuroscienceandPhysiology,Sahlgrenska
Academy,UniversityofGothenburg,Gothenburg,Sweden.73UniversityVita-SaluteSanRaffaele,
DivisionofNephrologyandDialysis,Milan,Italy.74LundUniversityDiabetesCentre,Department
ofClinicalSciences,LundUniversity,Malmö,Sweden.75DepartmentofBiostatistics,Universityof
Washington,Seattle,Washington,USA.76CollaborativeHealthStudiesCoordinatingCenter,
Seattle,Washington,USA.77INSERMCentrederechercheenEpidémiologieetSantédes
Populations(CESP)CentreforResearchinEpidemiologyandPublicHealthU1018,Villejuif,
France.78UniversityParisSud11,UnitéMixtedeRechercheenSanté(UMRS)1018,Villejuif,
France.79MultidisciplinaryCardiovascularResearchCentre(MCRC),LeedsInstituteofGenetics,
HealthandTherapeutics(LIGHT),UniversityofLeeds,Leeds,UK.80DepartmentofSocial
Medicine,UniversityofBristol,Bristol,UK.81InstituteofExperimentalPaediatricEndocrinology,
CharitéUniversitätsmedizinBerlin,Berlin,Germany.82DepartmentofGenomicsofCommon
Disease,SchoolofPublicHealth,ImperialCollegeLondon,London,UK.83DepartmentofMedicine
III,UniversityofDresden,Dresden,Germany.84ClinicalPharmacologyUnit,Universityof
Cambridge,Addenbrooke’sHospital,Cambridge,UK.85DivisionofEndocrinology,KeckSchoolof
Medicine,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,LosAngeles,California,USA.86Istitutodi
NeurogeneticaeNeurofarmacologiadelConsiglioNazionaledelleRicerche(CNR),Monserrato,
Cagliari,Italy.87CentreforPopulationHealthSciences,UniversityofEdinburgh,TeviotPlace,
Edinburgh,Scotland,UK.88UniversityofWarwick,WarwickMedicalSchool,Coventry,UK.
89MedicalGeneticsInstitute,Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter,LosAngeles,California,USA.90Clinical
TrialServiceUnit,Oxford,UK.91DepartmentofEpidemiologyandBiostatistics,SchoolofPublic
Health,FacultyofMedicine,ImperialCollegeLondon,London,UK.92UniversityofDundee,
NinewellsHospitalandMedicalSchool,Dundee,UK.93DepartmentofEpidemiology,Biostatistics
andHTA,RadboudUniversityNijmegenMedicalCentre,Nijmegen,TheNetherlands.
94DepartmentofEndocrinology,RadboudUniversityNijmegenMedicalCentre,Nijmegen,The
Netherlands.95NorthshoreUniversityHealthsystem,Evanston,Illinois,USA.96TheLondonSchool
ofHygieneandTropicalMedicine,London,UK.97SouthAsiaNetworkforChronicDisease,New
Dehli,India.98MRC-HealthProtectionAgency(HPA)CentreforEnvironmentandHealth,London,
UK.99CardiovascularEpidemiologyandGenetics,InstitutMunicipalD’investigacioMedicaand
CentrodeInvestigaciónBiomédicaenRedCIBEREpidemiologíaySaludPública,Barcelona,
Spain.100DepartmentofGeneralPracticeandPrimaryHealthCare,UniversityofHelsinki,
Helsinki,Finland.101NationalInstituteforHealthandWelfare,Helsinki,Finland.102Helsinki
UniversityCentralHospital,UnitofGeneralPractice,Helsinki,Finland.103FolkhalsanResearch
Centre,Helsinki,Finland.104VasaCentralHospital,Vasa,Finland.105InstituteofGeneticMedicine,
EuropeanAcademyBozen-Bolzano(EURAC),Bolzano-Bozen,Italy,AffiliatedInstituteofthe
UniversityofLübeck,Lübeck,Germany.106DepartmentofNeurology,GeneralCentralHospital,
Bolzano,Italy.107DepartmentofInternalMedicineB,Ernst-Moritz-ArndtUniversity,Greifswald,
Germany.108PediatricEndocrinology,DiabetesandObesityUnit,DepartmentofPediatricsand
AdolescentMedicine,Ulm,Germany.109DivisionofEpidemiologyandCommunityHealth,School
ofPublicHealth,UniversityofMinnesota,Minneapolis,Minnesota,USA.110InstitutfürKlinische
ChemieundLaboratoriumsmedizin,UniversitätGreifswald,Greifswald,Germany.111Centerfor
NeurobehavioralGenetics,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,California,USA.112Departmentof
Medicine,UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,Maryland,USA.113Departmentof
CardiovascularMedicine,UniversityofOxford,JohnRadcliffeHospital,Headington,Oxford,UK.
114MontrealHeartInstitute,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.115DepartmentofMedicineIII,
Pathobiochemistry,UniversityofDresden,Dresden,Germany.116MerckResearchLaboratories,
MerckandCo.,Inc.,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.117DepartmentofClinicalSciences,Obstetrics
andGynecology,UniversityofOulu,Oulu,Finland.118NationalInstituteforHealthandWelfare,
DepartmentofChronicDiseasePrevention,ChronicDiseaseEpidemiologyandPreventionUnit,
Helsinki,Finland.119MRCHumanGeneticsUnit,InstituteforGeneticsandMolecularMedicine,
WesternGeneralHospital,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK.120DepartmentofPsychiatryandMidwest
AlcoholismResearchCenter,WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine,St.Louis,Missouri,USA.
121KlinikundPoliklinikfürInnereMedizinII,UniversitätRegensburg,Regensburg,Germany.
122RegensburgUniversityMedicalCenter,InnereMedizinII,Regensburg,Germany.
123DepartmentofChildandAdolescentPsychiatry,UniversityofDuisburg-Essen,Essen,
Germany.124InterfacultyInstituteforGeneticsandFunctionalGenomics,Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-
UniversityGreifswald,Greifswald,Germany.125PathWestLaboratoryofWesternAustralia,
DepartmentofMolecularGenetics,JBlock,QEIIMedicalCentre,Nedlands,WesternAustralia,
Australia.126BusseltonPopulationMedicalResearchFoundationInc.,SirCharlesGairdner
Hospital,Nedlands,WesternAustralia,Australia.127DivisionofResearch,KaiserPermanente
NorthernCalifornia,Oakland,California,USA.128DepartmentofEpidemiologyandBiostatistics,
UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco,SanFrancisco,California,USA.129DepartmentofSocial
ServicesandHealthCare,Jakobstad,Finland.130CoreGenotypingFacility,SAIC-Frederick,Inc.,
NationalCancerInstitute(NCI)-Frederick,Frederick,Maryland,USA.131InstituteofMedical
BiometryandEpidemiology,UniversityofMarburg,Marburg,Germany.132Institutfür
EpidemiologieundSozialmedizin,UniversitätGreifswald,Greifswald,Germany.133Research
CentreforPreventionandHealth,GlostrupUniversityHospital,Glostrup,Denmark.134Facultyof
HealthScience,UniversityofCopenhagen,Copenhagen,Denmark.135NationalInstituteforHealth
andWelfare,DepartmentofChronicDiseasePrevention,PopulationStudiesUnit,Turku,Finland.
136InstituteofHealthSciences,UniversityofOulu,Oulu,Finland.137BiocenterOulu,Universityof
Oulu,Oulu,Finland.138HospitalforChildrenandAdolescents,HelsinkiUniversityCentral
HospitalandUniversityofHelsinki,HospitalDistrictofHelsinkiandUusimaa(HUS),Helsinki,
Finland.139MassachusettsGeneralHospital(MGH)WeightCenter,MassachusettsGeneral
Hospital,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.140CardiovascularResearchCenterandCardiology
Division,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.141FraminghamHeart
StudyoftheNational,Heart,Lung,andBloodInstituteandBostonUniversity,Framingham,
Massachusetts,USA.142DepartmentofMedicine,HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,Massachusetts,
USA.143NationalInstituteforHealthandWelfare,DiabetesPreventionUnit,Helsinki,Finland.
144DepartmentofMedicine,StanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Stanford,California,USA.
145AndrijaStamparSchoolofPublicHealth,MedicalSchool,UniversityofZagreb,Zagreb,Croatia.
146InterdisciplinaryCentreforClinicalResearch,UniversityofLeipzig,Leipzig,Germany.
147DepartmentofMedicine,UniversityofKuopioandKuopioUniversityHospital,Kuopio,
Finland.148Nord-TrøndelagHealthStudy(HUNT)ResearchCentre,DepartmentofPublicHealth
andGeneralPractice,NorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Levanger,Norway.
149FinnishInstituteofOccupationalHealth,Oulu,Finland.150Institutinter-regionalpourlasanté
(IRSA),LaRiche,France.151LaboratoryofEpidemiology,Demography,Biometry,National
InstituteonAging,NationalInstitutesofHealth,Bethesda,Maryland,USA.152Departmentof
ClinicalChemistry,UniversityofTampereandTampereUniversityHospital,Tampere,Finland.
153DepartmentofMedicine,UniversitédeMontréal,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.154Human
Genetics,GenomeInstituteofSingapore,Singapore,Singapore.155TransplantationLaboratory,
HaartmanInstitute,UniversityofHelsinki,Helsinki,Finland.156DepartmentofInternalMedicine,
InstituteofMedicine,SahlgrenskaAcademy,UniversityofGothenburg,Gothenburg,Sweden.
157DepartmentofPublicHealthandPrimaryCare,InstituteofPublicHealth,Universityof
Cambridge,Cambridge,UK.158OnbehalfoftheMAGIC(Meta-AnalysesofGlucoseandInsulinRelatedTraitsConsortium)investigators.159DepartmentofEndocrinology,Diabetologyand
Nutrition,Bichat-ClaudeBernardUniversityHospital,AssistancePubliquedesHôpitauxdeParis,
Paris,France.160CardiovascularGeneticsResearchUnit,UniversitéHenriPoincaré-Nancy1,
Nancy,France.161GeneticEpidemiologyLaboratory,QueenslandInstituteofMedicalResearch,
Queensland,Australia.162AvonLongitudinalStudyofParentsandChildren(ALSPAC)Laboratory,
DepartmentofSocialMedicine,UniversityofBristol,Bristol,UK.163DivisionofHealth,Research
Board,AnBordTaighdeSláinte,Dublin,Ireland.164InstituteofHumanGenetics,Klinikumrechts
derIsarderTechnischenUniversitätMünchen,Munich,Germany.165InstituteofHumanGenetics,
HelmholtzZentrumMünchen-GermanResearchCenterforEnvironmentalHealth,Neuherberg,
Germany.166DepartmentofClinicalSciences,LundUniversity,Malmö,Sweden.167Molecular
EpidemiologyLaboratory,QueenslandInstituteofMedicalResearch,Queensland,Australia.
168CroatianCentreforGlobalHealth,SchoolofMedicine,UniversityofSplit,Split,Croatia.
169NeurogeneticsLaboratory,QueenslandInstituteofMedicalResearch,Queensland,Australia.
170NationalHeart,Lung,andBloodInstitute,NationalInstitutesofHealth,Framingham,
Massachusetts,USA.171UniversityofCambridgeMetabolicResearchLaboratories,Instituteof
MetabolicScience,Addenbrooke’sHospital,Cambridge,UK.172DepartmentofClinicalGenetics,
ErasmusMC,Rotterdam,TheNetherlands.173DepartmentofPathologyandMolecularMedicine,
McMasterUniversity,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.174Amgen,Cambridge,Massachusetts,USA.
175FinnishTwinCohortStudy,DepartmentofPublicHealth,UniversityofHelsinki,Helsinki,
Finland.176ObesityResearchUnit,DepartmentofPsychiatry,HelsinkiUniversityCentralHospital,
Helsinki,Finland.177DepartmentofMedicine,LevangerHospital,TheNord-TrøndelagHealth
Trust,Levanger,Norway.178Gen-InfoLtd,Zagreb,Croatia.179NationalInstituteforHealthand
Welfare,Oulu,Finland.180DepartmentofCardiovascularSciences,UniversityofLeicester,
GlenfieldHospital,Leicester,UK.181ResearchCentreofAppliedandPreventiveCardiovascular
Medicine,UniversityofTurku,Turku,Finland.182TheDepartmentofClinicalPhysiology,Turku
UniversityHospital,Turku,Finland.183ClinicalPsychologyandPsychotherapy,Universityof
Marburg,Marburg,Germany.184DepartmentofClinicalSciencesandClinicalChemistry,
UniversityofOulu,Oulu,Finland.185Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität,InstituteofMedical
Informatics,BiometryandEpidemiology,ChairofEpidemiology,Munich,Germany.186South
KareliaCentralHospital,Lappeenranta,Finland.187DepartmentofClinicalSciencesandInternal
Medicine,UniversityofOulu,Oulu,Finland.188InstitutfürCommunityMedicine,Greifswald,
Germany.189Christian-Albrechts-University,UniversityHospitalSchleswig-Holstein,Institutefor
ClinicalMolecularBiologyandDepartmentofInternalMedicineI,Kiel,Germany.190Universität
zuLübeck,MedizinischeKlinikII,Lübeck,Germany.191DivisionofCardiology,Cardiovascular
Laboratory,HelsinkiUniversityCentralHospital,Helsinki,Finland.192DepartmentsofMedicine
andEpidemiology,UniversityofWashington,Seattle,Washington,USA.193Departmentof
Psychiatry,InstituutvoorExtramuraalGeneeskundigOnderzoek(EMGO)Institute,VUUniversity
MedicalCenter,Amsterdam,TheNetherlands.194DepartmentofHaematology,Universityof
Cambridge,Cambridge,UK.195NationalHealthService(NHS)BloodandTransplant,Cambridge
Centre,Cambridge,UK.196LeicesterNIHRBiomedicalResearchUnitinCardiovascularDisease,
GlenfieldHospital,Leicester,UK.197DepartmentofHealthSciences,UniversityofLeicester,
UniversityRoad,Leicester,UK.198DepartmentofMedicine,UniversityofLeipzig,Leipzig,
Germany.199CoordinationCentreforClinicalTrials,UniversityofLeipzig,Leipzig,Germany.
200DepartmentofMedicine,HelsinkiUniversityCentralHospital,Helsinki,Finland.201Research
ProgramofMolecularMedicine,UniversityofHelsinki,Helsinki,Finland.202Departmentof
HumanGenetics,LeidenUniversityMedicalCenter,Leiden,TheNetherlands.203CenterofMedical
SystemsBiology,LeidenUniversityMedicalCenter,Leiden,TheNetherlands.204Departmentof
Medicine,UniversityofTurkuandTurkuUniversityHospital,Turku,Finland.205INSERM
CardiovascularGeneticsteam,CentreInvestigationClinique(CIC)9501,Nancy,France.206Steno
DiabetesCenter,Gentofte,Denmark.207CenterforHumanGenomics,WakeForestUniversity,
Winston-Salem,NorthCarolina,USA.208DepartmentofPhysiatrics,LaplandCentralHospital,
Rovaniemi,Finland.209SchoolofPathologyandLaboratoryMedicine,UniversityofWestern
Australia,Nedlands,WesternAustralia,Australia.210DepartmentofInternalMedicine,University
ofOulu,Oulu,Finland.211SchoolofMedicineandPharmacology,UniversityofWesternAustralia,
Perth,WesternAustralia,Australia.212DepartmentofClinicalPhysiology,UniversityofTampere
andTampereUniversityHospital,Tampere,Finland.213StanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicine,
Stanford,California,USA.214DepartmentofPsychiatryandHumanBehavior,Universityof
California,Irvine(UCI),Irvine,California,USA.215LeipzigerInterdisziplinärerForschungskomplexzumolekularenUrsachenumwelt-undlebensstilassoziierterErkrankungen(LIFE)
StudyCentre,UniversityofLeipzig,Leipzig,Germany.216ServiceofMedicalGenetics,Centre
HospitalierUniversitaireVaudois(CHUV)UniversityHospital,Lausanne,Switzerland.217Human
GeneticsCenterandInstituteofMolecularMedicine,UniversityofTexasHealthScienceCenter,
Houston,Texas,USA.218FacultyofHealthScience,UniversityofSouthernDenmark,Odense,
Denmark.219NewYorkUniversityMedicalCenter,NewYork,NewYork,USA.220NationalInstitute
forHealthandWelfare,DepartmentofMentalHealthandSubstanceAbuseServices,Unitfor
ChildandAdolescentMentalHealth,Helsinki,Finland.221NIHROxfordBiomedicalResearch
Centre,ChurchillHospital,Oxford,UK.222DepartmentofUrology,RadboudUniversityNijmegen
MedicalCentre,Nijmegen,TheNetherlands.223InstituteofBiomedicalSciences,Universityof
Copenhagen,Copenhagen,Denmark.224FacultyofHealthScience,UniversityofAarhus,Aarhus,
Denmark.225DepartmentofPsychiatry,LeidenUniversityMedicalCentre,Leiden,The
Netherlands.226DepartmentofPsychiatry,UniversityMedicalCentreGroningen,Groningen,The
Netherlands.227DepartmentofNeurology,UniversityofLübeck,Lübeck,Germany.228Institutefor
PaediatricNutritionMedicine,VestischeHospitalforChildrenandAdolescents,Universityof
Witten-Herdecke,Datteln,Germany.229DepartmentofMedicineIII,PreventionandCareof
Diabetes,UniversityofDresden,Dresden,Germany.230GeriatricsResearchandEducationClinical
Center,BaltimoreVeteransAdministrationMedicalCenter,Baltimore,Maryland,USA.231Hjelt
Institute,DepartmentofPublicHealth,UniversityofHelsinki,Helsinki,Finland.232South
OstrobothniaCentralHospital,Seinajoki,Finland.233DepartmentofInternalMedicine,Centre
HospitalierUniversitaireVaudois(CHUV)UniversityHospital,Lausanne,Switzerland.234The
BroadInstituteofHarvardandMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT),Cambridge,
Massachusetts,USA.235DepartmentofPsychiatry,HarvardMedicalSchool,Boston,
Massachusetts,USA.236PacificBiosciences,MenloPark,California,USA.237SageBionetworks,
Seattle,Washington,USA.238DivisionofBiostatistics,WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine,
St.Louis,Missouri,USA.239DivisionofIntramuralResearch,NationalHeart,Lung,andBlood
Institute,FraminghamHeartStudy,Framingham,Massachusetts,USA.240Departmentof
EpidemiologyandPopulationHealth,AlbertEinsteinCollegeofMedicine,NewYork,NewYork,
USA.241DepartmentofGenetics,UniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill,NorthCarolina,USA.
242DepartmentofMedicalGenetics,UniversityofHelsinki,Helsinki,Finland.243Laboratoryof
Genetics,NationalInstituteonAging,Baltimore,Maryland,USA.244DivisionofCommunityHealth
Sciences,St.George’s,UniversityofLondon,London,UK.245KlinikumGrosshadern,Munich,
Germany.246FacultyofMedicine,UniversityofIceland,Reykjavík,Iceland.247Universityof
CambridgeMetabolicResearchLabs,InstituteofMetabolicScienceAddenbrooke’sHospital,
Cambridge,UK.248CarolinaCenterforGenomeSciences,SchoolofPublicHealth,Universityof
NorthCarolinaChapelHill,ChapelHill,NorthCarolina,USA.249DepartmentofGenetics,Harvard
MedicalSchool,Boston,Massachusetts,USA.