About the Authors

Ieva Martinaityte

ieva.martinaityte@unn.no

Affiliations Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Rolf Jorde

Affiliations Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Nina Emaus

Affiliation Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Anne Elise Eggen

Affiliation Epidemiology of chronic diseases research group, Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Ragnar Martin Joakimsen

Affiliations Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Elena Kamycheva

Affiliations Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: IM RJ NE AEE RMJ EK. Data curation: IM. Formal analysis: IM RJ EK. Funding acquisition: IM RJ EK. Investigation: IM RJ NE AEE RMJ EK. Methodology: IM RJ NE AEE RMJ EK. Project administration: RJ EK. Resources: IM RJ NE AEE RMJ EK. Supervision: EK RJ. Validation: IM RJ NE AEE RMJ EK. Visualization: IM RJ EK. Writing – original draft: IM RJ EK. Writing – review & editing: IM RJ NE AEE RMJ EK.