About the Authors

Mai Shi

Contributed equally to this work with: Mai Shi, Aimin Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Aimin Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Mai Shi, Aimin Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Eric S. H. Lau

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Andrea O. Y. Luk

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Ronald C. W. Ma

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Alice P. S. Kong

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Raymond S. M. Wong

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Jones C. M. Chan

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Juliana C. N. Chan

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Elaine Chow

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

e.chow@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China, Phase 1 Clinical Trial Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

JCNC has received research grants and/or honoraria for consultancy or giving lectures, from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eli-Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Serono, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novo-Nordisk, Pfizer and Sanofi. APSK has received honoraria for consultancy or giving lectures from Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Dexcom, Eli-Lilly, Kyowa Kirin, Merck Serono, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Nestle, Novo-Nordisk, Pfizer and Sanofi. RCWM has received research grants and/or honoraria for consultancy or giving lectures, from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Kyowa Kirin, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Roche Diagnostics and Tricida Inc. The proceeds have been donated to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, American Diabetes Association and other charity organizations to support diabetes research and education. RCWM is an Academic Editor on PLOS Medicine’s editorial board. Other authors declared no conflict of interests with this work.