title: Response to the Letter by Lindholm, et al.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology (L.H.A.B., O.M.D.) and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology (L.H.A.B., A.M.P., O.M.D.), Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden 2300RC, The Netherlands; and Departments of Endocrinology (J.O.L.J., O.M.D.) and Clinical Epidemiology (O.M.D.), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Email: O.M.Dekkers@lumc.nl.
authors.forename: Leonie H A
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Broersen
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology (L.H.A.B., O.M.D.) and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology (L.H.A.B., A.M.P., O.M.D.), Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden 2300RC, The Netherlands; and Departments of Endocrinology (J.O.L.J., O.M.D.) and Clinical Epidemiology (O.M.D.), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Email: O.M.Dekkers@lumc.nl.
authors.forename: Alberto M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology (L.H.A.B., O.M.D.) and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology (L.H.A.B., A.M.P., O.M.D.), Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden 2300RC, The Netherlands; and Departments of Endocrinology (J.O.L.J., O.M.D.) and Clinical Epidemiology (O.M.D.), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Email: O.M.Dekkers@lumc.nl.
authors.forename: Jens Otto L
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology (L.H.A.B., O.M.D.) and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology (L.H.A.B., A.M.P., O.M.D.), Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden 2300RC, The Netherlands; and Departments of Endocrinology (J.O.L.J., O.M.D.) and Clinical Epidemiology (O.M.D.), Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Email: O.M.Dekkers@lumc.nl.
authors.forename: Olaf M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Dekkers