About the Authors

Dorte Vistisen

dtvs@steno.dk (DV); krif@steno.dk (KF)

Affiliation Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark

Daniel R. Witte

Affiliation Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé, Strassen, Luxembourg

Adam G. Tabák

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 1st Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary

Christian Herder

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Eric J. Brunner

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Mika Kivimäki

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Kristine Færch

dtvs@steno.dk (DV); krif@steno.dk (KF)

Affiliation Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark

Competing Interests

Steno Diabetes Center A/S receives part of its core funding from unrestricted grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Novo Nordisk A/S. KF and DV are employed by Steno Diabetes Center A/S, a research hospital working in the Danish National Health Service and owned by Novo Nordisk A/S. KF, DV, and DRW own shares in Novo Nordisk A/S.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DV KF. Analyzed the data: DV KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRW AGT CH EJB MK. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DV KF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DV DRW AGT CH EJB MK KF. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: DV DRW AGT CH EJB MK KF. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: DV DRW AGT CH EJB MK KF.