About the Authors

Kirsten S. de Fluiter

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

k.defluiter@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Veryan Codd

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Matthew Denniff

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Gerthe F. Kerkhof

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Inge A. L. P. van Beijsterveldt

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Laura M. Breij

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Nilesh J. Samani

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Marieke Abrahamse-Berkeveld

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Anita C. S. Hokken-Koelega

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Center – Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Dutch Growth Research Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The Sophia Pluto Study is an investigator-initiated study; AHK received an unrestricted research grant (120417) from Danone Nutricia Research. MAB was an employee of Danone Nutricia Research, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Furthermore, this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.