About the Authors

Tim Savage

Affiliations Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Auckland, New Zealand

José G. B. Derraik

Affiliation Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Harriet L. Miles

Affiliations Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Auckland, New Zealand

Fran Mouat

Affiliation Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand

Paul L. Hofman

Affiliations Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Auckland, New Zealand

Wayne S. Cutfield

w.cutfield@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliations Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Compiled the data: TS HLM FM JGBD. Conceived and designed the experiments: TS HLM FM JGBD PLH WSC. Performed the experiments: TS. Analyzed the data: JGBD. Wrote the paper: TS JGBD WSC HLM FM PLH.