About the Authors

Anne von Ruesten

Anne.von.Ruesten@dife.de

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

Cornelia Weikert

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

Ingo Fietze

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Center of Sleep Medicine, CCM, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Heiner Boeing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: AVR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW HB. Wrote the paper: AVR. Critical review of the manuscript: CW IF HB.