About the Authors

Niels van der Schaft

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Adela Brahimaj

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Ke-xin Wen

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Oscar H. Franco

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Abbas Dehghan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

a.dehghan@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: NvdS has nothing to declare. AD has received consultancy and research support from Metagenics Inc. (outside the scope of submitted work). AB is financially supported by Erasmus Mundus Western Balkans (ERAWEB), a project funded by the European Commission. OHF and KXW work at ErasmusAGE, a center for aging research across the life course funded by Nestlé Nutrition (Nestec Ltd.); Metagenics Inc.; and the AXA Research Fund. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.