About the Authors

Kristian Hillert Winther

kristian.winther@rsyd.dk

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Per Cramon

Affiliation Department of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Torquil Watt

Affiliations Department of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Internal Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jakob Bue Bjorner

Affiliations Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Optum Insight Inc, Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Ola Ekholm

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen

Affiliation Department of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mogens Groenvold

Affiliations Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Palliative Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Åse Krogh Rasmussen

Affiliation Department of Medical Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Laszlo Hegedüs

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Steen Joop Bonnema

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

JBB is commercially affiliated via his employment at Optum Patient Insights. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TW JBB UFR MG AKR LH SJB. Performed the experiments: PC TW UFR AKR LH SJB. Analyzed the data: KHW PC TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OE. Wrote the paper: KHW PC TW JBB OE UFR MG AKR LH SJB.