About the Authors

Lars Hornum

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark

Anker Jon Hansen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark

Ditte Tornehave

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark

Marianne Scheel Fjording

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark

Paula Colmenero

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Inger Falbe Wätjen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Niels Henrik Søe Nielsen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hand Section, Department of Orthopaedics, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark

Henning Bliddal

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg, Denmark, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Else Marie Bartels

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

else.marie.bartels@regionh.dk

Affiliation The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Competing Interests

The study was supported by an unrestricted grant to the Parker Institute from the OAK Foundation, which is a philanthropic organization. The support from Novo Nordisk A/S did not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors who had their salaries paid by the firm [LH, AJH, DT, MSF] were minor stockholders at the firm. This did not give the firm any influence on the design of the study, data collection and analysis, conclusions, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There are no other competing interests to report.