About the Authors

Andreas Ochs

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Stuart McGurnaghan

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mike W. Black

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Collaborative, NHS Highland, Inverness, United Kingdom

Graham P. Leese

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom

Sam Philip

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Grampian Diabetes Research Unit, Diabetes Centre, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Naveed Sattar

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Caroline Styles

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, United Kingdom

Sarah H. Wild

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Paul M. McKeigue

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Helen M. Colhoun

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Helen.colhoun@igmm.ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

on behalf of the Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology Group and the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Collaborative

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.