About the Authors

Cecilie Wium

Contributed equally to this work with: Cecilie Wium, Hanne Løvdal Gulseth

cecilie.wium@medisin.uio.no

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Hormone Laboratory, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Hanne Løvdal Gulseth

Contributed equally to this work with: Cecilie Wium, Hanne Løvdal Gulseth

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Hormone Laboratory, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Erik Fink Eriksen

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Kåre Inge Birkeland

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW HLG EFE KIB. Performed the experiments: CW HLG. Analyzed the data: CW HLG KIB. Wrote the paper: CW HLG. Critical revision of manuscript: CW HLG EFE KIB. Final approval of manuscript: CW HLG EFE KIB.