About the Authors

Jannike Øyen

jannike.oyen@igs.uib.no

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Clara Gram Gjesdal

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Ottar Kjell Nygård

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Stein Atle Lie

Affiliation Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Haakon E. Meyer

Affiliations Section for Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Oslo, Norway

Ellen Margrete Apalset

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Per Magne Ueland

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Eva Ringdal Pedersen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Øivind Midttun

Affiliation Bevital AS, Bergen, Norway

Stein Emil Vollset

Affiliation Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Grethe S. Tell

Affiliation Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JØ CGG GST OKN PMU SEV. Performed the experiments: CGG GST OKN PMU SEV. Analyzed the data: JØ SAL SEV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMU CGG EMA ØM. Wrote the paper: JØ GST CGG. Critical revision of the manuscript: CGG GST OKN SAL PMU SEV EMA HEM ERP ØM. Data interpretation: JØ CGG GST OKN SAL PMU SEV EMA HEM ERP ØM.