About the Authors

Tanja G. M. Vrijkotte

t.vrijkotte@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center—University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Bert-Jan H. van den Born

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center—University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Christine M. C. A. Hoekstra

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center—University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Maaike G. J. Gademan

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center—University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Manon van Eijsden

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Public Health Service of Amsterdam (GGD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Susanne R. de Rooij

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Marcel T. B. Twickler

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TV BB CH MG ME SR MT. Performed the experiments: TV ME. Analyzed the data: TV CH. Wrote the paper: TV BB CH MG ME SR MT.