About the Authors

Régine P. Steegers-Theunissen

r.steegers@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations Obstetrics and Gynecology/Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sylvia A. Obermann-Borst

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynecology/Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Dennis Kremer

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Jan Lindemans

Affiliation Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Cissy Siebel

Affiliation Child Health Care Center CAREYN, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Eric A. Steegers

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynecology/Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

P. Eline Slagboom

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Bastiaan T. Heijmans

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RPST EAS. Performed the experiments: DK. Analyzed the data: SAOB BH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL PES. Wrote the paper: RPST SAOB DK JL CS EAS PES BH. Contributed to the collection of the data: SAOB. Contributed to the organization and collection of the data: CS.