Acknowledgements
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We thank Mrs Kaija Kettunen for her valuable assistance in collecting the data of the current study. The study was financially supported by the Academy of Finland (grant 309157 to HK, 332466 to JL) and the SalWe Research Program for Mind and Body (Tekes - the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation grant 1104/10). DPS study has been financially supported by the Academy of Finland (128315, 129330), Ministry of Education, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation, Juho Vainio Foundation, Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation, Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, Unilever, and Competitive Research Funding from Tampere, Kuopio and Oulu University Hospitals. The study sponsors have had no role in the design and conduct of the study; the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data; or the preparation, review or approval of the manuscript.