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MDOR Minimally detectable odds ratio<br />

MI Myocardial infarction<br />

MNC Mononuclear cells<br />

MRA Magnetic resonance angiography<br />

MRI Magnetic resonance imaging<br />

MRS Magnetic resonance spectroscopy<br />

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Abbreviations<br />

NCT <strong>National</strong> Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg (<strong>National</strong>es Centrum<br />

für Tumorerkrankungen, Heidelberg)<br />

NO Nitric oxide<br />

NIH US <strong>National</strong> Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health<br />

OGTT Oral glucose tolerance test<br />

OHIP Oral Health Impact Pr<strong>of</strong>ile questionnaire<br />

PAD Peripheral arterial disease<br />

PAR Population attributable risk<br />

PBMC Peripheral blood mononuclear cells<br />

PR Public relations<br />

PST Plasma separation tube<br />

PTCA Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty<br />

QALY Quality-adjusted life year<br />

QM Quality management<br />

RKI Robert Koch Institute<br />

RLS Restless legs syndrome<br />

RNA Ribonuleic acid<br />

RR Relative risk<br />

SAQ Self-assessment questionnaire<br />

SES Socioeconomic <strong>status</strong><br />

SOPs Standard operating procedures<br />

SSK German Radiation Protection Commission (Deutsche Strahlenschutzkommission)<br />

SST Serum separation tube<br />

TICS Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress<br />

TMF Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische<br />

Forschung e.V.<br />

TPR True positive rate<br />

UBA The Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt)<br />

VIF Variance inflation factor<br />

Study Acronyms<br />

ARIC study A<strong>the</strong>rosclerosis Risk in Communities study<br />

CARLA study Cardiovascular Disease, Living and Ageing in Halle study

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