About the Authors

Elisabet Einarsdottir

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabet Einarsdottir, Anna Grauers

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

elisabet.einarsdottir@ki.se

Affiliations Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, and Molecular Neurology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden

Anna Grauers

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabet Einarsdottir, Anna Grauers

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Sundsvall and Härnösand County Hospital, Sundsvall, Sweden, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Jingwen Wang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden

Hong Jiao

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden

Stefan A. Escher

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Aina Danielsson

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgren Academy at Gothenburg University, Göteborg, Sweden, Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgren University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

Ane Simony

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sector for Spine Surgery & Research, Middelfart Hospital, Middelfart, Denmark

Mikkel Andersen

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sector for Spine Surgery & Research, Middelfart Hospital, Middelfart, Denmark

Steen Bach Christensen

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sector for Spine Surgery & Research, Middelfart Hospital, Middelfart, Denmark

Kristina Åkesson

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Malmö, Sweden, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Malmö, Sweden

Ikuyo Kou

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Bone and Joint Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan

Anas M. Khanshour

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Acke Ohlin

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Carol Wise

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development and Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Shiro Ikegawa

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Bone and Joint Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan

Juha Kere

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, and Molecular Neurology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, King’s College London, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Paul Gerdhem

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.