About the Authors

Leena Ala-Mursula

leena.ala-mursula@oulu.fi

Affiliation Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Jessica L. Buxton

Affiliation Section of Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Ellen Ek

Affiliation Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Markku Koiranen

Affiliation Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Anja Taanila

Affiliations Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

Alexandra I. F. Blakemore

Affiliation Section of Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Marjo-Riitta Järvelin

Affiliations Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Section of Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Department of Children and Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LA-M JLB. Performed the experiments: JLB. Analyzed the data: MK JLB LA-M EE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M-RJ AIFB AT. Wrote the paper: LA-M JLB EE MK AT AIFB M-RJ.