About the Authors

Kay-Tee Khaw

kk101@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Marlin D. Friesen

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Elio Riboli

Affiliation School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Robert Luben

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nicholas Wareham

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KTK NW MF ER. Performed the experiments: KTK MF RL. Analyzed the data: KTK RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KTK MF NW ER RL. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KTK NW MF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KTK MF NW ER RL. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KTK MF ER RL NW. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: KTK MF ER RL NW. Enrolled patients: KTK.