About the Authors

Stine B. Thomsen

sbt@dadlnet.dk

Affiliation Section of Metabolic Genetics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Anette P. Gjesing

Affiliation Section of Metabolic Genetics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Camilla N. Rathcke

Affiliation Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

Claus T. Ekstrøm

Affiliation Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hans Eiberg

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Torben Hansen

Affiliations Section of Metabolic Genetics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Section of Molecular Diabetes & Metabolism, Institute of Clinical Research & Institute of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Oluf Pedersen

Affiliations Section of Metabolic Genetics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Henrik Vestergaard

Affiliation Section of Metabolic Genetics, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: TH and OP hold personal shares in Novo Nordisk A/S. The remaining authors declare that there is no competing interest associated with this manuscript. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HE TH OP. Performed the experiments: HE TH OP. Analyzed the data: APG CTE SBT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OP HV. Wrote the paper: SBT APG CNR CTE HE TH OP HV. Conceived the idea for the paper: SBT APG CNR TH OP HV.