About the Authors

Marzyeh Amini

m.amini@umcg.nl (MA); b.z.alizadeh@umcg.nl (BZA)

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Dinara Bashirova

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Bram P. Prins

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Eva Corpeleijn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

LifeLines Cohort Study

Membership of the LifeLines Cohort Study is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Marcel Bruinenberg

Affiliation LifeLines Cohort Study, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Lude Franke

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Pim van der Harst

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Gerjan Navis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Ronald P. Stolk

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, LifeLines Cohort Study, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Cisca Wijmenga

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Dirkje S. Postma

Affiliations Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Gerard H. Koppelman

Affiliations Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands

H. Marike Boezen

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Judith Vonk

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Harold Snieder

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Behrooz Z. Alizadeh

m.amini@umcg.nl (MA); b.z.alizadeh@umcg.nl (BZA)

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: BZA HS. Data curation: MA BZA. Formal analysis: MA BZA DB BPP. Funding acquisition: BZA. Investigation: MA BZA. Methodology: MA BZA. Project administration: MA BZA. Resources: LF PH GN BHRW RPS CW HMB MB. Supervision: BZA. Validation: HS JV DSP GHK EC. Visualization: MA BZA. Writing – original draft: MA BZA. Writing – review & editing: HS JV DSP GHK.