About the Authors

Koenraad Frans Cuypers

Koenraad.cuypers@ntnu.no

Affiliation HUNT Research Center, Levanger, Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Ruth J. F. Loos

Affiliations MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Child Health Institute, Genetics of Obesity and Related Metabolic Traits Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Kirsti Kvaløy

Affiliation HUNT Research Center, Levanger, Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Bettina Kulle

Affiliations Epi-Gen, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Pål Romundstad

Affiliation Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Turid Lingaas Holmen

Affiliation HUNT Research Center, Levanger, Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KFC TLH KK. Analyzed the data: KFC TLH RL BK PR. Wrote the paper: KFC TLH KK RL. Participated in the development and writing of this study: KFC RL BK PR TLH.