About the Authors

Ieva Zostautiene

ieva.zostautiene@unn.no

Affiliations Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Rolf Jorde

Affiliations Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Henrik Schirmer

Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Ellisiv Bøgeberg Mathiesen

Affiliations Brain and Circulation Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Inger Njølstad

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Maja-Lisa Løchen

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Tom Wilsgaard

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Ragnar Martin Joakimsen

Affiliations Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Elena Kamycheva

Affiliations Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IZ RJ. Performed the experiments: HS EBM IN M-LL TW RMJ. Analyzed the data: IZ RJ TW EK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IZ RJ HS TW RMJ. Wrote the paper: IZ. Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: RJ HS EBM IN M-LL TW RMJ EK.