About the Authors

Ulrike Mütze

Ulrike.Muetze@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Department of Women and Child Health, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Skadi Beblo

Affiliation Department of Women and Child Health, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Linda Kortz

Affiliations Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Claudia Matthies

Affiliation Division Metabolic Diseases and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Berthold Koletzko

Affiliation Division Metabolic Diseases and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Mathias Bruegel

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Carmen Rohde

Affiliation Department of Women and Child Health, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Joachim Thiery

Affiliation Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Wieland Kiess

Affiliation Department of Women and Child Health, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Uta Ceglarek

Affiliations Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, LIFE – Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UM SB MB JT WK UC. Performed the experiments: UM LK CM. Analyzed the data: UM UC SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UM JT WK LK UC CM BK CR MB. Wrote the paper: UM SB LK JT WK CR UC BK.