About the Authors
- Marie Standl
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Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Eva Lattka
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Affiliation Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Barbara Stach
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry, and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Sibylle Koletzko
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Affiliation University of Munich Medical Centre, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Munich, Germany
- Carl-Peter Bauer
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Andrea von Berg
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Marien-Hospital Wesel, Wesel, Germany
- Dietrich Berdel
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Marien-Hospital Wesel, Wesel, Germany
- Ursula Krämer
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Affiliation IUF, Leibniz Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung at the University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Beate Schaaf
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Affiliation Medical Practice for Pediatrics, Bad Honnef, Germany
- Stefan Röder
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Affiliation Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Olf Herbarth
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Hygiene, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Anette Buyken
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Affiliation Research Institute of Child Nutrition, University of Bonn, Dortmund, Germany
- Tim Drogies
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry, and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Joachim Thiery
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry, and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Berthold Koletzko
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Affiliation University of Munich Medical Centre, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Munich, Germany
- Joachim Heinrich
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* E-mail: heinrich@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology I, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- for the GINIplus Study Group¶
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¶Membership of the the GINIplus Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
- and LISAplus Study Group¶
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¶Membership of the LISAplus Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SK CPB AvB DB UK B. Schaaf OH JH. Analyzed the data: MS. Wrote the paper: MS. Development of statistical analysis plan: EL JH. Lipid measurement: B. Stach TD JT. Interpretation of the findings: MS EL B. Stach SK CPB AvB DB UK B. Schaaf SR OH AB TD JT BK JH. Read and approved the manuscript: MS EL B. Stach SK CPB AvB DB UK B. Schaaf SR OH AB TD JT BK JH.