About the Authors

Mary Nicolaou

m.nicolaou@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Anton E. Kunst

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wim B. Busschers

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Irene G. van Valkengoed

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Henriette Dijkshoorn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Documentation and Health Promotion, Municipal Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Linda Boateng

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Lizzy M. Brewster

Affiliation Departments of Internal and Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marieke B. Snijder

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Karien Stronks

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Charles Agyemang

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN COA KS. Performed the experiments: MN LB. Analyzed the data: MN WBB. Wrote the paper: MN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AK COA KS MBS HD LMB IGVV LB.