About the Authors

Chris Wallace

cew54@cam.ac.uk

Affiliations JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Antony J Cutler

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nikolas Pontikos

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Marcin L Pekalski

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Oliver S Burren

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jason D Cooper

Current address: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Arcadio Rubio García

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ricardo C Ferreira

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Hui Guo

Affiliations JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Centre for Biostatistics Institute of Population Health, The University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom

Neil M Walker

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Deborah J Smyth

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stephen S Rich

Affiliations Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Suna Onengut-Gumuscu

Affiliations Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Stephen J Sawcer

Affiliation University of Cambridge, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Maria Ban

Affiliation University of Cambridge, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sylvia Richardson

Contributed equally to this work with: Sylvia Richardson, John A Todd, Linda S Wicker

Affiliation MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom

John A Todd

Contributed equally to this work with: Sylvia Richardson, John A Todd, Linda S Wicker

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Linda S Wicker

Contributed equally to this work with: Sylvia Richardson, John A Todd, Linda S Wicker

Affiliation JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW SR JAT LWS. Performed the experiments: CW MLP RCF AJC. Analyzed the data: CW AJC NP MLP OSB JDC ARG SR JAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSR SOG SJS MB. Wrote the paper: CW AJC ARG SR JAT LSW. Genotyping: DJS. Prepared data: JDC HG NMW.