About the Authors

Ciarrah Barry

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Junxi Liu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Rebecca Richmond

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Martin K. Rutter

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

Deborah A. Lawlor

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Frank Dudbridge

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Jack Bowden

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

j.bowden2@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliations Exeter Diabetes Group (ExCEED), College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.