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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Stijn Mintjens & Reinoud J. B. J. Gemke

  2. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Stijn Mintjens, Malou D. Menting & Tessa J. Roseboom

  3. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Stijn Mintjens, Malou D. Menting & Tessa J. Roseboom

  4. Medical Library AMC, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Joost G. Daams

  5. Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Mireille N. M. van Poppel

  6. Institute of Sport Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Mireille N. M. van Poppel

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Mintjens, S., Menting, M.D., Daams, J.G. et al. Reply to Tarp et al.: Comment on: “Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Childhood and Adolescence Affects Future Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies”. Sports Med 49, 163–165 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-018-01042-0

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