About the Authors

André Scherag

Contributed equally to this work with: André Scherag, Ivonne Jarick

Affiliation Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Ivonne Jarick

Contributed equally to this work with: André Scherag, Ivonne Jarick

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Jessica Grothe

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Paediatric Endocrinology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Heike Biebermann

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Paediatric Endocrinology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Susann Scherag

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Anna-Lena Volckmar

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Carla Ivane Ganz Vogel

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Brandon Greene

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Johannes Hebebrand

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Anke Hinney

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Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS IJ JH AH. Performed the experiments: IJ ALV CIGV JH. Analyzed the data: AS IJ JG HB ALV CIGV BG AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG HB SS BG JH AH. Wrote the paper: AS IJ JH AH.