About the Authors

Sari Voutilainen

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sari.voutilainen@uku.fi

Affiliation Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen

Affiliations Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, Atherosclerosis Research Unit, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Maarit Korhonen

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Jaakko Mursu

Affiliation Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Jyrki K. Virtanen

Affiliation Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Pertti Happonen

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Georg Alfthan

Affiliation Biomarker Laboratory, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

Iris Erlund

Affiliation Biomarker Laboratory, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

Kari E. North

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

M.J. Mosher

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jussi Kauhanen

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Jari Tiihonen

Affiliation Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

George A. Kaplan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jukka T. Salonen

Affiliations Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, Oy Jurilab Ltd, Kuopio, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GK SV TT JM PH JK JS. Performed the experiments: SV JM JV GA IE EI. Analyzed the data: SV TT MK JM PH KN MM JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GA IE JT JS EI. Wrote the paper: GK SV TT MK JM JV PH GA IE KN MM JK JT JS EI.