About the Authors

Lorna W. Harries

L.W.Harries@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

James E. Brown

Affiliation Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Anna L. Gloyn

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LWH. Performed the experiments: LWH. Analyzed the data: LWH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LWH JEB ALG. Wrote the paper: LWH JEB.