About the Authors

Max Olsson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

max.olsson@med.lu.se

Affiliation Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Respiratory Medicine, Allergology and Palliative Medicine, Lund, Sweden

Anders J. Björkelund

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lund University, Faculty of Science, Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), Lund, Sweden

Jacob Sandberg

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Respiratory Medicine, Allergology and Palliative Medicine, Lund, Sweden

Anders Blomberg

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Umeå University, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå, Sweden

Mats Börjesson

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dept of Molecular and Cardiovascular Medicine, Center for Health and Performance, Sahlgrenska Academy, Dept MGAÖ, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

David Currow

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Andrei Malinovschi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dept of Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Magnus Sköld

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Per Wollmer

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Kjell Torén

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Carl-Johan Östgren

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden

Gunnar Engström

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Malmö, Sweden

Magnus Ekström

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Respiratory Medicine, Allergology and Palliative Medicine, Lund, Sweden

Competing Interests

AB, AJB, AM, CJÖ, GE, JS, MB, ME, MO, MS, and KT declare no competing interest in relation to this work. DC reports being an unpaid advisory board member for Helsinn Pharmaceuticals; being a paid consultant for and receiving payment for intellectual property from Mayne Pharma; being a consultant with Specialised Therapeutics Australia Pty. Ltd.; being a subcontractor to Nous Group Pty Ltd; and being a paid board member for icare Dust Diseases Care NSW. DC also reports an unpaid board member/Director for Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and being on the Board of IHMRI. PW reports grants from the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation and personal fees from Chiesi Pharma unrelated to the submitted work. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.