About the Authors

Nina O. Nielsen

noni@niph.dk

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Marin Strøm

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Heather A. Boyd

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Elisabeth W. Andersen

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jan Wohlfahrt

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Marika Lundqvist

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Arieh Cohen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

David M. Hougaard

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mads Melbye

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NON MS HAB JW MM. Analyzed the data: EWA. Wrote the paper: NON. Contributed with statistical advice: JW. Interpretation of data: NON MS HAB MM. Acquisition of data: MM ML AC DMH. Revised the article critically for important intellectual content and approved the final version of the paper: NON MS HAB EWA JW ML AC DM MM.