About the Authors
- Miia H. Leskinen
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Elina J. Hautaniemi
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* E-mail: elina.hautaniemi@uta.fi
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Anna M. Tahvanainen
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Jenni K. Koskela
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Marika Päällysaho
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Antti J. Tikkakoski
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Mika Kähönen
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Tiit Kööbi
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Onni Niemelä
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Research Unit, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland
- Jukka Mustonen
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Ilkka H. Pörsti
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Competing Interests
The funding from the commercial source (Astra Zeneca Plc.) was a relatively small personal research grant to author Miia Leskinen (5000 ). Application to this funding by Astra Zeneca Plc was open nation-wide in Finland for all Ph.D. students doing biomedical research, and the funds were granted on the basis of the present study protocol. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MHL IHP. Performed the experiments: MHL AMT JKK MP IHP. Analyzed the data: MHL EJH AMT AJT IHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMT JKK MK TK ON JM IHP. Wrote the paper: MHL EJH AMT JM IHP. Ethical approval and registration at ClinicalTrials.gov: MHJ AMT IHP.