About the Authors

Suhad M. Bahijri

sbahijri@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry - Faculty of Medicine- King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group- King Fahd Medical Research Center - King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Hanan A. Jambi

Affiliations Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group- King Fahd Medical Research Center - King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Department of Food and Nutrition- Home Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Rajaa M. Al Raddadi

Affiliations Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group- King Fahd Medical Research Center - King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Health, Public Health Directorate, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Gordon Ferns

Affiliations Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group- King Fahd Medical Research Center - King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Division of Medical Education, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Mayfield House, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Jaakko Tuomilehto

Affiliations Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group- King Fahd Medical Research Center - King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Center for Vascular Prevention, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB HJ RA GF. Performed the experiments: SB HJ RA. Analyzed the data: SB HJ RA GF JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB HJ RA GF JT. Wrote the paper: SB HJ RA GF JT.