About the Authors

Nils Thomas Songstad

nils.songstad@unn.no

Affiliations Women's Health and Perinatology Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway

David Johansen

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Ole-Jacob How

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Per Ivar Kaaresen

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Pediatric Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Kirsti Ytrehus

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Ganesh Acharya

Affiliations Women's Health and Perinatology Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NTS DJ KY GA. Performed the experiments: NTS DJ. Analyzed the data: NTS DJ OJH PIK KY GA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJ OJH KY. Wrote the paper: NTS GA.