About the Authors
- Audrey Y. Jung
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* E-mail: a.jung@ebh.umcn.nl
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and HTA, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Yvo Smulders
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Unit, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Institute for Cardiovascular Research IcaR, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Petra Verhoef
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Affiliations Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Unilever Research and Development, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands, Top Institute Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Frans J. Kok
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Affiliation Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Henk Blom
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Unit, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Robert M. Kok
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Unit, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Ellen Kampman
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and HTA, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Jane Durga
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Affiliations Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Top Institute Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Cognitive Sciences Group, Nutrition & Health Department, Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Petra Verhoef works at Unilever R&D in Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. Jane Durga works at Nestlé Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. The work at both food companies entails examining the health benefits of a variety of food ingredients, including folic acid. Unilever and Nestlé market food products, some of which are enriched with folic acid. This does not alter the author's adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors declare that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YS PV FJK JD. Performed the experiments: YS HB RK. Analyzed the data: AYJ EK JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS HB RK. Wrote the paper: AYJ YS EK JD.