| Vilmundur Gudnason | Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Iceland University of Iceland |
| Gunnar Sigurdsson | Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Iceland University of Iceland, Iceland Landspitali-University Hospital |
| Thor Aspelund | Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute, University of Iceland |
| Lenore J Launer | National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health |
| Gudny Eiriksdottir | Icelandic Heart Association Research Institute |
| Tamara B Harris | National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health |
| Tamara B Harris | National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health |