About the Authors

Vibha Singhal

These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliations Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Lawson

These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathryn E. Ackerman

Affiliations Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Sports Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pouneh K. Fazeli

Affiliation Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hannah Clarke

Affiliation Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hang Lee

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kamryn Eddy

Affiliations Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harris Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dean A. Marengi

Affiliation Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicholas P. Derrico

Affiliation Endocrine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mary L. Bouxsein

Affiliations Endocrine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Madhusmita Misra

mmisra@partners.org (MM)

Affiliations Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM. Performed the experiments: VS KEA HC KE DAM NPD MLB MM. Analyzed the data: VS EAL HL MM. Wrote the paper: VS EAL PKF MM.