About the Authors

Maria E. C. Sandberg

Maria.Sandberg@ki.se

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Per Hall

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Mikael Hartman

Affiliations Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Surgery, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Anna L. V. Johansson

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Sandra Eloranta

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Alexander Ploner

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Kamila Czene

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MECS PH MH AP KC. Performed the experiments: MECS AJ SE. Analyzed the data: MECS PH AJ AP KC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MECS PH. Wrote the paper: MECS PH MH AJ SE AP KC.