About the Authors

Carsten Carlberg

carsten.carlberg@uef.fi

Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Sabine Seuter

Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Vanessa D. F. de Mello

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

Ursula Schwab

Affiliations Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Sari Voutilainen

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

Kari Pulkki

Affiliation Eastern Finland Laboratory Centre and Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Tarja Nurmi

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

Jyrki Virtanen

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

Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen

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

Matti Uusitupa

Affiliations Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, Research Unit, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MU TPT JV SV CC. Performed the experiments: SS KP. Analyzed the data: CC SS. Wrote the paper: CC. Responsible for the dietary part of study management and implementation: SV JV. Involved in the study methodology management and implementation: US VdM KP TN.