About the Authors

Jaap Jan Nugteren

Affiliations The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Claudia A. Snijder

Affiliations The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Albert Hofman

Affiliations The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Vincent W. V. Jaddoe

Affiliations The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Eric A. P. Steegers

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Alex Burdorf

a.burdorf@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH VJ ES AB. Performed the experiments: JN CS AH VJ ES AB. Analyzed the data: JN CS AH VJ ES AB. Wrote the paper: JN CS AH VJ ES AB.