About the Authors

Tea Skaaby

tea.skaaby.01@regionh.dk

Affiliation Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Lise Lotte Nystrup Husemoen

Affiliation Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Torben Martinussen

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jacob P. Thyssen

Affiliation National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-Allergology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark

Michael Melgaard

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark

Betina Heinsbæk Thuesen

Affiliation Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Charlotta Pisinger

Affiliation Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Torben Jørgensen

Affiliations Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Medicine, Alborg University, Alborg, Denmark

Jeanne D. Johansen

Affiliation National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-Allergology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark

Torkil Menné

Affiliation National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-Allergology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark

Berit Carlsen

Affiliation National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-Allergology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark

Pal B. Szecsi

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark

Steen Stender

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark

Runa Vavia Fenger

Affiliation Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Mogens Fenger

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Allan Linneberg

Affiliation Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJ AL TS JPT LLNH RVF BHT CP. Performed the experiments: JPT JDJ T. Menné BC PBS MM SS MF. Analyzed the data: TS LLNH T. Martinussen AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL JPT JDJ T. Menné PBS MM SS MF. Wrote the paper: TS.