About the Authors

Bo L. Chawes

Affiliation Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark

Klaus Bønnelykke

Affiliation Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark

Pia F. Jensen

Affiliation Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark

Ann-Marie M. Schoos

Affiliation Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark

Lene Heickendorff

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Hans Bisgaard

bisgaard@copsac.com

Affiliation Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLC KB HB. Performed the experiments: BLC KB PFJ AMS. Analyzed the data: BLC KB PFJ AMS HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH. Wrote the paper: BLC KB PFJ AMS LH HB. The guarantor of the study who has been responsible for the integrity of the work as a whole, from conception and design to conduct of the study and acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data and writing of the manuscript: HB. Responsible for data analysis, interpretation and writing the manuscript: BLC KB PFJ AMS LH. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: BC. No honorarium, grant, or other form of payment was given to anyone to produce the manuscript. All co-authors have contributed substantially to the analyses and interpretation of the data, and have provided important intellectual input and approval of the final version of the manuscript.