About the Authors

Atsushi Goto

Affiliation Department of Diabetes Research, Diabetes Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Maki Goto

Affiliation Department of Diabetes Research, Diabetes Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuhiko Noda

mnoda@hosp.ncgm.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Diabetes Research, Diabetes Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shoichiro Tsugane

Affiliation Epidemiology and Prevention Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Centre, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG MG MN ST. Performed the experiments: AG MG. Analyzed the data: AG MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG MG MN ST. Wrote the manuscript: AG MG. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual contents: MN ST.