About the Authors

Charlotte Suetta

Contributed equally to this work with: Charlotte Suetta, Ulrik Frandsen

csuetta@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Sports Medicine and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Ulrik Frandsen

Contributed equally to this work with: Charlotte Suetta, Ulrik Frandsen

Affiliation Institute of Exercise Physiology and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Line Jensen

Affiliations Institute of Sports Medicine and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Institute of Exercise Physiology and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Mette Munk Jensen

Affiliation Institute of Exercise Physiology and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Jakob G. Jespersen

Affiliation Institute of Sports Medicine and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Lars G. Hvid

Affiliation Institute of Exercise Physiology and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Monika Bayer

Affiliation Institute of Sports Medicine and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Stine J. Petersson

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Henrik D. Schrøder

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Jesper L. Andersen

Affiliation Institute of Sports Medicine and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Katja M. Heinemeier

Affiliation Institute of Sports Medicine and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Per Aagaard

Affiliation Institute of Exercise Physiology and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Peter Schjerling

Affiliation Institute of Sports Medicine and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Michael Kjaer

Affiliation Institute of Sports Medicine and Center for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS UF PS MK. Performed the experiments: CS UF LGH LJ MMJ JGJ. Analyzed the data: LJ MMJ JGJ MB LGH JLA SJP HDS UF PS CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAA HDS KH PS. Wrote the paper: CS UF PAA MK.