About the Authors

Vitali Witowski

wirsik@bips.uni-bremen.de

Affiliations Department Biometry and Data Management, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Ronja Foraita

Affiliation Department Biometry and Data Management, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany

Yannis Pitsiladis

Affiliation School of Sport and Service Management, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Iris Pigeot

Affiliations Department Biometry and Data Management, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Norman Wirsik

Affiliation Department Biometry and Data Management, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VW RF IP NW. Performed the experiments: VW. Analyzed the data: VW RF YP IP NW. Wrote the paper: VW RF YP IP NW.