About the Authors

Petronella E. Deetman

p.e.deetman@umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

Stephan J. L. Bakker

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

Arjan J. Kwakernaak

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

Gerjan Navis

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

Robin P. F. Dullaart

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

on behalf of the PREVEND Study Group

Membership of the PREVEND Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PED SJLB GJN RPFD. Analyzed the data: PED AJK RPFD. Wrote the paper: PED AJK SJLB GJN RPFD. Initiation of the study: SJLB RPFD. Intellectual contributions: GJN. Supervision of data analyses, study planning: RPFD.