About the Authors
- Ke-xin Wen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ke-xin Wen, Jelena Miliç
* E-mail: k.wen@erasmusmc.nl (KW); t.muka@erasmusmc.nl (TM)
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Jelena Miliç
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ke-xin Wen, Jelena Miliç
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Bassem El-Khodor
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Affiliation Research and Development, Metagenics, Inc, United States of America
- Klodian Dhana
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Jana Nano
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Tammy Pulido
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Bledar Kraja
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Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania, University Clinic of Gastrohepatology, University Hospital Center Mother Teresa, Tirana, Albania
- Asija Zaciragic
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Wichor M. Bramer
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Affiliation Medical Library, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- John Troup
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Affiliation Research and Development, Metagenics, Inc, United States of America
- Rajiv Chowdhury
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Affiliation Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, United Kingdom
- M. Arfam Ikram
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Abbas Dehghan
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Taulant Muka
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* E-mail: k.wen@erasmusmc.nl (KW); t.muka@erasmusmc.nl (TM)
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Oscar H. Franco
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Competing Interests
KW and TM reported receiving research support from Metagenics Inc. JM, KD, JM, JN, BK and AZ have been financially supported by Erasmus Mundus Western Balkans (ERAWEB), a project funded by the European Commission. Additional support was provided to AD from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research (NWO) (ZonMW VENI 916.12.154) and the EUR Fellowship. BE and JT worked as scientists at Metagenics Inc. OHF reported receiving grants or research support from Metagenics Inc. KW and TM reported receiving research support from Metagenics Inc. JM, KD, JM, JN, BK and AZ have been financially supported by Erasmus Mundus Western Balkans (ERAWEB), a project funded by the European Commission. Additional support was provided to AD from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research (NWO) (ZonMW VENI 916.12.154) and the EUR Fellowship. BE and JT worked as scientists at Metagenics Inc. OHF reported receiving grants or research support from Metagenics Inc. We confirm that the funding currently declared in the competing interest statement does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: JT TM OHF. Formal analysis: KW JM KD JN TP BK AZ WMB RC TM. Funding acquisition: OHF. Investigation: KW JM KD JN TP BK AZ WMB RC TM AD OHF. Methodology: TM OHF. Project administration: TM. Supervision: TM OHF. Writing – original draft: KW JM TM OHF. Writing – review & editing: KW JM BE KD JN TP BK AZ WMB JT RC MAI AD TM OHF.