About the Authors

David R. Taylor

davidtaylor8@nhs.net

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Jamshid Alaghband-Zadeh

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Gemma F. Cross

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Sohail Omar

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Carel W. le Roux

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Royce P. Vincent

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRT JAZ. Performed the experiments: DRT GFC SO. Analyzed the data: DRT RPV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLR. Wrote the paper: DRT JAZ RPV.