About the Authors
- Claudia H. T. Tam
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Janice S. K. Ho
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Ying Wang
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Vincent K. L. Lam
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Heung Man Lee
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Guozhi Jiang
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Eric S. H. Lau
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Alice P. S. Kong
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Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Xiaodan Fan
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Affiliation Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Jean L. F. Woo
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Stephen K. W. Tsui
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Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Maggie C. Y. Ng
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Affiliation Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Center for Diabetes Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
- Wing Yee So
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Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Juliana C. N. Chan
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Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Ronald C. W. Ma
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* E-mail: rcwma@cuhk.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SKWT MCYN WYS JCNC RCWM. Performed the experiments: VKL. Analyzed the data: CHTT JSKH YW HML GJ ESHL XF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APSK SKWT MCYN WYS JCNC RCWM. Wrote the paper: CHTT JCNC RCWM. Recruitment of patients: APSK JLFW YW MCYN WYS JCNC RCWM.