About the Authors

Sophie V. Eastwood

s.eastwood@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Therese Tillin

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Andrew Wright

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

John Heasman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Joseph Willis

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Ian F. Godsland

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Nita Forouhi

Affiliation MRC (Medical Research Council) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Peter Whincup

Affiliation Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St. George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom

Alun D. Hughes

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Nishi Chaturvedi

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NC ADH TT IG NF PW. Performed the experiments: TT AW JH JW. Analyzed the data: SVE TT NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH JH TT. Wrote the manuscript: SVE TT IG NF PW ADH NC.