About the Authors

Marianne Eijkemans

m.eijkemans@cukz.umcn.nl

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Monique Mommers

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jos M. Th. Draaisma

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Carel Thijs

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Martin H. Prins

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: ME. Wrote the paper: ME MM CT JD MP. Quality assessment: ME MM CT JD MP. Literature search: ME MM. Inclusion: ME MM. Data-extraction of longitudinal studies: ME CT. Data-extraction of cross-sectional studies: ME. Analysis: ME.