About the Authors

Colin N. A. Palmer

Contributed equally to this work with: Colin N. A. Palmer, Cristina Maglio

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Cristina Maglio

Contributed equally to this work with: Colin N. A. Palmer, Cristina Maglio

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Carlo Pirazzi

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Maria Antonella Burza

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Martin Adiels

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Lindsay Burch

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Louise A. Donnelly

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Helen Colhoun

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Alexander S. Doney

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

John F. Dillon

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ewan R. Pearson

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Mark McCarthy

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

Andrew T. Hattersley

Affiliation Peninsula NIHR Clinical Research Facility, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Tim Frayling

Affiliation Peninsula NIHR Clinical Research Facility, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Andrew D. Morris

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Markku Peltonen

Affiliation Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Per-Arne Svensson

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Peter Jacobson

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Jan Borén

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Lars Sjöström

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Lena M. S. Carlsson

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Stefano Romeo

stefano.romeo@wlab.gu.se

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CNAP SR CM. Performed the experiments: CM CP MAB. Analyzed the data: CNAP SR CM CP MAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CNAP LMSC JB SR. Wrote the paper: CNAP SR CM CP MAB MA LB LAD HC ASD JFD ERP MM ATH TF ADM MP PAS PJ JB LS LMSC.