Table 1.

GWAS data sources used in the analysis.

GWAS data source	Measurement or diagnostic criteria	Countries sampled (number of participants)	Covariates
Suhre et al. (2017)	SOMAscan assay; relative fluorescent units	Germany (n = 997)	Linear regression on inverse-normalization adjusting for age, gender, and body mass index
Sun et al. (2018)	SOMAscan assay; relative fluorescent units	The United Kingdom (n = 3,301)	Linear regression on rank-based inverse normal transformation adjusting for age, gender, and body mass index
Gilly et al. (2020)	Olink Proximity Extension Assay CVDII, CVDIII, and metabolism panels; relative quantification units	Greece (n = 1,328)	Linear regression on inverse-normal transformation adjusting for age, age squared, gender, plate number, and mean. Normalized protein expression level across all proteins, per sample, and season