About the Authors

Kamlesh Khunti

kk22@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Hamidreza Mani

Affiliation Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Felix Achana

Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester United Kingdom, Clinical Trials Unit, Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Nicola Cooper

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester United Kingdom

Laura J. Gray

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester United Kingdom

Melanie J. Davies

Affiliation Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

KK and MJD are advisors to the Department of Health NHS Health Checks programme and are members [KK Chair] of the NICE Programme Development Group [PDG] on ‘Preventing T2DM: risk identifications and interventions for individuals at high risk’. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK HM FA MJD. Performed the experiments: HM FA. Analyzed the data: FA HM LJG NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FA HM. Wrote the paper: HM FA KK. Contacted Authors of previous papers: HM.