About the Authors

Jos A. Hageman

Current address: Biometris, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Affiliations Biosystems Data Analysis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ABC Metabolomics Centre, Lab. Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Margriet M. W. B. Hendriks

Affiliation ABC Metabolomics Centre, Lab. Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Johan A. Westerhuis

j.a.westerhuis@uva.nl

Affiliation Biosystems Data Analysis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mariët J. van der Werf

Affiliation TNO Quality of Life, Zeist, The Netherlands

Ruud Berger

Affiliation ABC Metabolomics Centre, Lab. Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Age K. Smilde

Affiliations Biosystems Data Analysis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, TNO Quality of Life, Zeist, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAH MMWBH JAW AS. Performed the experiments: MJvdW. Analyzed the data: JAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJvdW. Wrote the paper: JAH MMWBH JAW AS. Group Leader: AS RB MJvdW.